His number 42 Another sports drama and epic about how hard it was for the “black brother” in America in the middle of the last century. How many such films we have seen, just can not count. It was about the first black in football, about the first basketball team of Negroes, and even about the first black coach, for the completeness of the picture is not enough except that the film about the first African American in hockey, but I think it is not far off and will soon be removed. If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen everything.
Here we are talking about baseball, the rules of which are still a mystery to me and so during the scenes directly with the game I wondered: what are they all doing there? It is worth noting that the story is based on real events. Once the owner of the team Ricky Branch (performed by Harrison Ford) decided: why not attract black spectators to the stadiums, and what does it take? That's right, black player. This is where Jackie Robinson comes in. And then everything develops according to all known canons: intolerance, struggle, despair, overcoming and victory. The story is simple, friendship and love always win. Cinema can be safely sent to the treasury of all these inspiring films.
Not the strongest drama and for the most part designed for the overseas audience, Americans for a long time will make such films as if apologizing to the black population for all the years of slavery.
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