42

42 is a drama about Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball, and Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers executive who signed him. In the mid-1940s, Rickey goes against the sport's entrenched segregation by bringing Robinson into the major leagues. Robinson, who has worked his way up from poverty, faces hostility from crowds, the press and fellow players, and responds by letting his performance on the field answer the abuse. The film takes its title from his jersey number.

Brian Helgeland wrote and directed the film, which was released in 2013 and runs 128 minutes. It was the fifth feature he directed, following Payback, A Knight's Tale, The Order and Payback: Straight Up, and came before Legend and Finestkind. Chadwick Boseman plays Robinson, Harrison Ford plays Rickey, and Nicole Beharie plays Rachel Robinson. Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman and Lucas Black appear as Leo Durocher, Dixie Walker and Pee Wee Reese respectively. Thomas Tull produced, and the credited cast and crew number 84 and 46.

Made by Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures for a budget of 40 million dollars, the film took about 97 million dollars worldwide, a solid return. On IMDb it holds 7.5 out of 10 from around 108,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.2 out of 10 from roughly 2,000 votes. The critics' rating stands at 6.9 out of 10 from 196 reviews.