Great movie, recommended for all. Eye opening.

Rating: 8/10 (10 November 2013)

I am reviewing the movie "42" released in 2013, which was a great film and had me engaged the whole way through. This movie is about the famous baseball player, Jackie Robinson and all that he accomplished as an African American baseball player. Taking place in the late 40's this film reveals how brutal slavery was before and the complications that come with it. Chadwick Boseman does a great job of portraying Jackie Robinson, as do the other actors playing their roles. Most of the actors are young which seems a little risky but they all did a good job. I especially liked the choice to cast Harrison Ford as I haven't seen him in any major films lately, and he still proves to be a good actor.
The only thing that really bugged me about this movie was the "bad guys" and how against Jackie they were all the time. For instance, when they are playing one of their biggest game, a championship or something, and as Jackie steps up to bat the other team yells out, "You don't belong here! This is a white mans game!" When he is clearly the best player in the league and he is changing the thoughts of others and people start to applaud for him. The bad characters seemed to cliché, and all had the same character.