42

42

77%
  • PG-13, 2 hr. 8 min.
  • Drama
  • Directed By:
    Brian Helgeland
    In Theaters:
    Apr 12, 2013 Wide
  • Warner Bros. Pictures

Guess the Tomatometer

If this film ends up receiving a Best Picture nomination, which I doubt, it will probably be one of the few early releases of any given year to earn one, as most Oscar movies come out in November and December. Then again, "The Help" did come out in August of 2011.

I predict a score somewhere in the sixties or seventies. It looks like another predictable entry in the subgenre of films pertaining to African-American history. The story itself is truly inspiring, but the film as a whole looks a bit lukewarm.
Marcus J.
04-1-2013 12:23 PM

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Diego John Tutweiller II

Diego Tutweiller

77%.

Hey, I was right.

Apr 26 - 05:16 PM

Grant W.

Grant Welcome

Looks like a decent documentary but nothing to get excited over, rather surprised its nearing 80%

Apr 13 - 02:52 PM

John Tyler

John Tyler

Imagine if it was 42% LOL

Apr 13 - 12:37 PM

hollis m.

hollis mills

cannot believe its at a 71, i thought it would be much worse

Apr 11 - 06:14 PM

zinc alloy

zinc alloy

somewhere between 3% and 98%..........I'm rarely wrong

Apr 11 - 09:56 AM

David Tanny

David Tanny

By God! You've nailed it!

Apr 11 - 05:34 PM

hollis m.

hollis mills

hahaha! fuckin love it

Apr 11 - 06:13 PM

Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson

59%

Apr 11 - 09:21 AM

Quentin Tarantino

EntertainMeOrDie Lolwhut

Poopnugget.

Apr 11 - 08:31 AM

Dustin Collins

Dustin Collins

Jackie Robinson deserves nothing less than 85 % at least. The reason you have so many shit movies these days is because so many people are ALLOWED to make movies!

Apr 11 - 01:08 AM

noodlez

noodlez zeldoon

70%

Apr 10 - 07:46 PM

Jonathan Seitz

Jonathan Seitz

64%

Apr 10 - 04:04 PM

BobHarris

Rich Aurillia

74%

Apr 10 - 01:41 PM

John Tyler

John Tyler

81%

Apr 10 - 12:46 PM

Matthew Kitson

Matthew Kitson

Looking good so far, a run of about 8 straight positive reviews

Apr 10 - 12:14 PM

TheMovieGuy

Robbie Moore

I believe that it will be successful and score a 80-90 score

Apr 10 - 11:20 AM

Brendan Sullivan

Brendan Sullivan

58%

Apr 10 - 09:58 AM

Travis W.

Travis W

It's looking more and more like it will be in the 40s-60s because still no reviews.

Apr 10 - 04:59 AM

Zachary Marsh

Zachary Marsh

I've seen the movie, and I predict a 70-85%

Apr 10 - 02:53 AM

Anthony L.

Anthony L.

Fresh, but not certified, and not that great of a score. 55-75 %.

Though well-acted and directed, with entertaining sports sequences and a breakout role by Boseman, 42 is too thinly scripted to be memorable.

Apr 10 - 02:07 AM

JJ ..

JJ .

I'm going to say 55-70% ish for the Critics and 60-85% ish for the audience. Most people will probably eat this up because of it being about Robinson.

Apr 9 - 03:43 PM

Ash J. Gilmore

Frankie Gilmore

I agree.

Apr 9 - 09:45 PM

JJ ..

JJ .

And I was right
70% Critics
76% Audience

But I have to say I enjoyed the film.

Apr 13 - 07:54 AM

Lorelei Gayoso

Lorelei Gayoso

Old enough to have seen Robinson play. Besides being a great player, he always looked like a decent, family man and the fact that he attended UCLA, explains a lot (I also understand that he was a Republican). The movie is one big cliche, but it entertains if you love baseball. Harrison Ford does not inspire!

Apr 9 - 07:00 AM

zinc alloy

zinc alloy

What does him being a republican have to do with anything...do you people need to bring politics into everything?

Apr 9 - 11:05 PM

Diego John Tutweiller II

Diego Tutweiller

Oh, thank GOD, he was a Republican. Thank you so much for this, Lorelei. I was going back and forth on whether or not to see this movie, but you've convinced me. I was afraid this movie would be about those damn DEMOCRATS.

Apr 10 - 10:13 AM

midgetx21

Connor Stambaugh

iIts going to be mid 50s. Reminds me of the Ernie Davis movie The Express, just with Harrison Ford subbing in for Dennis Quaid.

Apr 9 - 06:37 AM

Travis W.

Travis W

I was originally, based on the trailers, thinking 80-90%, but seeing no reviews the week of means it is probably 70ish at best but most likely 40s-60s.

Apr 8 - 06:48 PM

Luis C.

Luis Cuevas

The place beyond the pines is getting a best pic nom if any movie before november will deserve one.

Apr 8 - 06:34 PM

Jacob Miller

Jacob Miller

I think it will be around 50-85%. I think it will probably be fresh.

Apr 8 - 05:45 PM

hollis m.

hollis mills

to be honest...like a 40%. jackie deserves better

Apr 8 - 05:00 PM

Trenton Ledford

Trenton Ledford

45% critics. 77% fans

Apr 8 - 04:47 PM

James Pasier

James Pasier

49% or 66%

Apr 8 - 03:31 PM

todd123

Todd Garry

3%

Apr 8 - 01:28 PM

Michele Beley-Jaber

Michele Beley-Jaber

What would make you think that?

Apr 11 - 03:21 PM

Paul Eriksson

Paul Eriksson

i'm guessing 62% critics, 78% users

Apr 8 - 01:02 PM

David Tanny

David Tanny

This movie looks lame. So I'm gonna go for 45%.

Apr 8 - 01:03 AM

Ash J. Gilmore

Frankie Gilmore

50%-79%

Apr 8 - 12:26 AM

Bram S.

Bram Sterling

53%; "it tells an uplifting story, but can't avoid sentimentality or cliches"

Apr 7 - 10:10 PM

Caleb S.

Caleb Stevens

78%. I've already seen it. While there's no Best Picture, it does a good job of telling a story about a legend that everyone should know about.

Apr 7 - 01:43 PM

Chase Reynolds

Chase Reynolds

Brian Helgeland hasn't had very much success as a screenwriter. This movie looks like a much watch, but I don't know how it will fair with the key piece relying on Helgeland. I'll say 77% Users, 54% critics.

Apr 7 - 11:55 AM

Alex A.

Alex Anonymous

81% "While it may not be one of the baseball movie greats, it still tells an intriguing story about a true legend."

Apr 7 - 10:43 AM

Michael Braden

Michael Braden

58

Apr 7 - 09:51 AM

Greg Feasel

Greg Feasel

Hopefully, it's not 42 or 58 (100-42). I am going to predict, it's going to be in the 70s range.

Apr 7 - 06:45 AM

Salvatore di Vita

Cory Sanders

Brian Helgeland has never written a good sreenplay? What about Mystic River (Oscar Nominated) , L.A. Confidential (Oscar winner), Conspiracy Theory, Green Zone, Man on Fire, A Knight's Tale, and Payback.

Apr 7 - 05:18 AM

Luis C.

Luis Cuevas

87%

Apr 7 - 02:24 AM

Giovanni Musso

Giovanni Musso

I would like to see it get 67-81%, but if it get's into the 30's I won't be very shocked.

Apr 6 - 07:10 PM

Will T.

Will Tate

65

Apr 5 - 02:41 PM

Brian S.

Brian Smith

Appropriate would be 42%, I guess. Like I said, sub-50 looks likely.

Apr 5 - 12:43 PM

Brian S.

Brian Smith

I hope I'm wrong, cos I love baseball history and hope it's good, but no reviews so far probably means no critic pre-screening. And that means the studio knows they've got a sub-50% dog on their hands.

Apr 5 - 12:42 PM

Christopher Stachulak

Christopher Stachulak

77%

Apr 5 - 09:15 AM

Spirit Bear

Martin Tam

100% of course.

Apr 5 - 06:55 AM

Adam Roman

Adam Roman

I think you guys are way off. This is going to be lower than you all think. 65% tops.

Apr 4 - 10:33 PM

JJ ..

JJ .

I doubt it. Critics eat up these Historic films and the trailer, at least to me, looks pretty badass.

Apr 9 - 03:11 PM

Michael Sokolowski

Michael Sokolowski

87%

Apr 4 - 05:23 PM

Luccas Pryor

Luccas Pryor

71

Apr 4 - 03:53 PM

Daniel Irwin

Daniel Irwin

I'm saying somewhere in the 70's, citing some past sports film successes.

Apr 4 - 03:14 PM

Vedant Naik

Vedant Naik

Mid to High 80s

Apr 4 - 01:19 PM

Dane Mychal

Dane Mychal

I'd guess '70s for this. Sure, it looks like a typical sports/racial issue film in the trailer, but I think it will rise above. Consider that the writer/director is the guy who wrote the scripts for Mystic River and LA Confidential. He's proven that he can master story structure for the silver screen.

Apr 4 - 10:40 AM

Mac

Joe Jarosz

Inglorious Bastereds also came out in August. A few have come out in April and May that have garnered nominations...Win Win, Moonrise Kingdom, Please Give... just to name a few. This will score near a 66% - 72%. This could be a Blind Side type of score...

Apr 3 - 02:44 PM

Sandy Barnard

Sandy Barnard

65-75. I'm going to guess 68%

Apr 3 - 01:51 PM

Mary Victa

Mary Victa

No. Make that a 100%!!!!!!!

Apr 3 - 10:56 AM

JJ ..

JJ .

Now be realistic.

Apr 9 - 03:09 PM

Mary Victa

Mary Victa

I would think it deserves a 95%

Apr 3 - 10:55 AM

Chase N.

Chase Nyland

I actually think this will be a very good film. I would say between 50-70%

Apr 3 - 08:56 AM

Matt Searing

Matt Searing

71%

Apr 3 - 08:33 AM

Ash J. Gilmore

Frankie Gilmore

67%

Apr 3 - 12:44 AM

Devin Baranick

Devin Baranick

55%

Apr 2 - 08:03 PM

Stratos Makris

Stratos Makris

42

Apr 2 - 02:39 PM

JJ ..

JJ .

I'm going to guess 50%-80%
Hopefully it's higher, but I always have high expectations so who knows.

Apr 2 - 09:44 AM

Kyle McLarty

Kyle McLarty

65-70%. its not october yet.

Apr 2 - 08:19 AM

Johnem95

John Mathews

I think this is going to be a really good movie. I'm going to go with 81%.

Apr 2 - 07:39 AM

Alberto Zeeky

Alberto Zeeky

The actor who plays Jackie looks like he'll do a good job, although I really would like to see this movie do great with box office and reviews I'll guess 70-75%.

Hope I'm wrong though, anything below 80% would be a disappointment in my mind. Would like this to be considered one of those great films with such a barrier breaking story and person being the concept of the film.

Apr 1 - 10:52 PM

Radleigh Ang

Radleigh Ang

Whole heartedly agree. 65% is mine. It's not going to be bad by all means, but it's not going to transcend anything either.

Apr 1 - 10:22 PM

Frank Mayfield

Frank Mayfield

I predict a 40%.

Apr 1 - 06:10 PM

Diego John Tutweiller II

Diego Tutweiller

I say 73-84%. I could be really wrong, but Harrison Ford's a badass.

Apr 1 - 04:47 PM

Cole Jaeger

Cole Jaeger

It has no chance at a picture nomination. Zero. It's hard to predict the score. It could be good but I could also see it being pretty mediocre. I'm going to guess 42%

Apr 1 - 02:54 PM

Johnem95

John Mathews

42% for 42, eh?

Apr 2 - 07:38 AM

Michael Sokolowski

Michael Sokolowski

Wow talk about talking out your #@% about a film you haven't even seen

Apr 4 - 05:24 PM

Jackson Eckert

Jackson Eckert

You can say "ass" on the internet, you know.

Apr 6 - 08:22 AM

Cole Jaeger

Cole Jaeger

I wasn't talking shit I was stating how good I thought the trailer looked. I don't actually think it will get a 42% that was just for kicks. I also said it looked like it has potential. I just think it has no chance at Oscar nominations, which it doesn't. I'm thinking anywhere between 45% and 75%.

Apr 8 - 04:30 AM

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David Jenny

David Jenny

you done tourettes?

Apr 9 - 08:13 PM

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