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A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, Metacritic 62/100. Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 82% of the 6,719 2010s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic62/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
2,007 audience votes
Key crew
- Brian HelgelandDirector
- Brian HelgelandScreenplay
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Chadwick BosemanJackie Robinson
- Harrison FordBranch Rickey
- Nicole BeharieRachel Robinson
- Christopher MeloniLeo Durocher
- Ryan MerrimanDixie Walker
- Lucas BlackPee Wee Reese
- André HollandWendell Smith
- Alan TudykBen Chapman
- Hamish LinklaterRalph Branca
- T. R. KnightHarold Parrott
- John C. McGinleyRed Barber
- Toby HussClyde Sukeforth
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Themes
sportsbaseballbiographyracial segregationbased on true storyracial tensionracial prejudicebrooklyn dodgers1940s
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