42 Is a "Sports Film Non-Sports Fans Can Love"

Editor's note: Catch 42 this weekend at Cherokee 16 Cinemas in Towne Lake and Carmike RiverStone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the links above. The film is rated PG-13 and run 128 minutes.

One sentence plot: 42 tells the story of two men — the great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey — whose brave stand against discrimination forever changed the world by changing the game of baseball.

Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 97

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 68

Reviews:

"It's a sports film non-sports fans can love; it's a family film that never preaches; it's a biopic that also takes in the world and people around its subject." New York Daily News 

"'42' can feel incomplete (the bland music and the filmmaker's obsession with dates and places are problematic), yet at the same time it offers a very good place to start. Seattle Times 

"There are many less flattering things you could say about a movie than that it's enjoyable in a square, uncomplicated, stirringly old-fashioned way." Entertainment Weekly

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