`` 42 '' is a sports drama about how Jackie Robinson broke the color line . Critic says the writer-director lets it `` unfold in a plainspoken and deliberate fashion '' with no sense of urgency or excitement, but rather an almost passive acceptance that things will continue as they are for years to come.
`` 42 '' is a sports drama about how Jackie Robinson broke the color line . Critic says the writer-director lets it `` unfold in a plainspoken and deliberate fashion '' The film stars Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford .