`` 42 '' is a sports drama about how Jackie Robinson broke the color line . These days , 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 . 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 '' with no sense of urgency or excitement, but rather an almost passive acceptance that things will continue as they are for years to come.