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06/21/02
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1999)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:42
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is an affectionate, often very funny portrait of a baseball pioneer.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: Following the career of Jewish baseball star Hank Greenberg from his beginnings in the Bronx to his success in the Texas minor leagues to his signing to the Detroit Tigers in the 1930s, this... [More]
Starring: Hank Greenberg, Alan Dershowitz, Michael Moriarty, Walter Matthau
Director: Aviva Kempner
Reviews for The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
While it preserves his baseball feats, it looks beyond them to clarify Greenberg's place in American culture.
06/18/02
A touching homage to a man who triumphed over bigotry to become a baseball legend.
06/05/02
For once, the image and the reality make for a perfect fit -- the man and the symbol are one.
04/05/02
The film is most touching in its 47 interviews with the likes of attorney Alan Dershowitz, actor Walter Matthau, baseball greats Bob Feller, Ralph Kiner and Charlie Gehringer, and Sen. Carl Levin.
04/03/02
An unusually rewarding documentary from director Aviva Kempner.
01/09/02
Greenberg seems down-to-earth and likable, and director Aviva Kempner slips in just enough baseball history for nonfans to follow Greenberg's story without getting bogged down in diamond minutiae.
12/22/01
A bulging photo album of carefully cropped idolization, its saving grace that the affable, unaffected Greenberg appears a worthy recipient of all that devotion.
11/17/01
Kempner has taken twelve years to complete her loving biography of a baseball legend. Hank Greenberg would have enjoyed the music and loved his terrific movie.
01/01/00
For a treatise on U.S. anti-Semitism in baseball, Aviva Kempner's The Life And Times Of Hank Greenberg sure is pleasant.
01/01/00
Were Jews the only fans of Greenberg? I doubt it, though the film makes no indication otherwise.
01/01/00
A wonderful and much needed tribute to the great Jewish baseball player.
01/01/00
It becomes a look at the social and political climate of America just as much as a baseball biography.
01/01/00
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is informative and fun and one doesn't have to be a baseball expert to appreciate its fervor and genial charm.
01/01/00
A marvelous pastiche of a legendary sports hero, a compelling and fascinating tribute to one of baseball’s great figures, in size (six feet four) and accomplishment.
01/01/00
Educational as well as fun -- a product worthy of its subject.
01/01/00
Rousing and humorous.
01/01/00
Hank Greenberg is a cozy affair that leaves the impression of a filmmaker too close to the material.
01/01/00
One of the most lighthearted documentaries to come out in ages.
01/01/00
Through its carefully researched and selected film clips, it reveals a lot about what America was all about in the early 20th century.
01/01/00
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