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The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is an affectionate, often very funny portrait of a baseball pioneer.
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It's an adroit manipulation of interviews and stock footage, mostly along the lines of establishing not so much what Hammerin' Hank did for himself, but what he meant to American Jews. May 7, 2014 | Full Review…
It's an adroit manipulation of interviews and stock footage, mostly along the lines of establishing not so much what Hammerin' Hank did for himself, but what he meant to American Jews.
Stephen Hunter
Kempner demonstrates how the star's success and dignified bearing inspired a generation of Jews to fight through the ethnic barriers in all fields. May 7, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Kempner demonstrates how the star's success and dignified bearing inspired a generation of Jews to fight through the ethnic barriers in all fields.
Jack Mathews
Writer-director Aviva Kempner crafted this love letter to Greenberg by imaginatively weaving interviews with great footage from newsreels and feature films. May 7, 2014 | Full Review…
Writer-director Aviva Kempner crafted this love letter to Greenberg by imaginatively weaving interviews with great footage from newsreels and feature films.
Lou Lumenick
Aviva Kempner hits a grand slam in her thrilling documentary about baseball, about a great baseball player, about Jews in America and about the country itself in the 1930s and 1940s. March 20, 2013 | Full Review…
Aviva Kempner hits a grand slam in her thrilling documentary about baseball, about a great baseball player, about Jews in America and about the country itself in the 1930s and 1940s.
Joe Morgenstern
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is a gem of a baseball documentary because it illuminates what the Hall of Famer's splendid career meant away from the ballpark. March 19, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is a gem of a baseball documentary because it illuminates what the Hall of Famer's splendid career meant away from the ballpark.
Desmond Ryan
Aviva Kempner's warm and intelligent mash note to a man who clearly deserved it. March 19, 2013 | Full Review…
Aviva Kempner's warm and intelligent mash note to a man who clearly deserved it.
Kenneth Turan
Former Detroiter Kempner infuses her portrait of Hank Greenberg with such a joie de vivre that it's a delight for the already converted and nonsports fans alike. May 7, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Former Detroiter Kempner infuses her portrait of Hank Greenberg with such a joie de vivre that it's a delight for the already converted and nonsports fans alike.
Serena Donadoni
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is precisely what a documentary ought to be: engaging and revelatory, turning forgotten footnotes and discarded minutiae into the stuff of riveting drama and poignant laughs. May 7, 2014 | Full Review…
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is precisely what a documentary ought to be: engaging and revelatory, turning forgotten footnotes and discarded minutiae into the stuff of riveting drama and poignant laughs.
Robert Wilonsky
A moving tribute to an overlooked American icon who invariably exhibited an admirable combination of integrity, humility and loyalty. April 20, 2013 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
A moving tribute to an overlooked American icon who invariably exhibited an admirable combination of integrity, humility and loyalty.
Kam Williams
Greenberg led by quiet example -- and left an indelible mark on thousands of young lives, not to mention a plaque in baseball's Hall of Fame. March 19, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Greenberg led by quiet example -- and left an indelible mark on thousands of young lives, not to mention a plaque in baseball's Hall of Fame.
Chris Kaltenbach
A warmly human look at the career of major-league baseball's most famous Jewish star. March 21, 2011 | Full Review…
A warmly human look at the career of major-league baseball's most famous Jewish star.
David Sterritt
This gem will lift the spirits of baseball fans. December 28, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This gem will lift the spirits of baseball fans.
Nell Minow
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