February Family Activity: 42

We watched this movie on a Friday night after Dakota got home from work. Alaric did not feel well and fell asleep halfway through the movie. Everyone else was completely engaged. I am always worried that since the movie is about sports that the kids will tune out, but they soon realized that the movie was about more than baseball.

Watching anything about our country's racist past is difficult. Savana, Dakota and Alexsei always get so worked up over it. Alexsei and Dakota are currently taking an American History course and they both get so mad at white people. We can only hope we continue to learn from our history.

Cast

	Chadwick Boseman	...	Jackie Robinson
	Harrison Ford	...	Branch Rickey
	Nicole Beharie	...	Rachel Robinson
	Christopher Meloni	...	Leo Durocher
	Ryan Merriman	...	Dixie Walker
	Lucas Black	...	Pee Wee Reese

It was odd seeing Harrison Ford playing an old man. I am now interested in the real Branch Rickey. I would like to know how true to his character he was portrayed in this movie. Chadwick Boseman was successful as Jackie Robinson. We all loved Nicole Beharie who portrayed Jackie's wife, Rachel Robinson.

Other than Alaric, everyone liked the movie even though it was a sports-themed movie. The uplifting end helped erase the difficulty of watching the overt racism. Overall, the family was happy with my movie pick.

Trailer