
Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.... (Full plot summary below)
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Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.
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| Common Sense MediaHeather BoernerHeartwarming baseball classic for tweens and up. |
| IGN MoviesJeremy ConradGary Cooper brings the Yankee legend to life with great honesty and emotion. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis Schwartz[It's] perceived by many film-goers as the best baseball sports biopic ever. It might be right, but only by default. |
| New York TimesBosley CrowtherAs a simple, moving story with an ironic heart-tug at the end, it serves as a fitting memorial to the real Lou, who called himself the luckiest man alive. |
| The New RepublicManny FarberMaté achieves exhilaration from his angle shooting and the feeling throughout out of a concave screen. Whatever feel of baseball this picture has is the result of his running camera. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeGood biopic of Lou Gehrig. Splendid Gary Cooper performance. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxFirst-rate biopic, though Cooper is hard-pressed to sell Gehrig as a college student. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonThe Coop mannerisms aren't really suited to Gehrig, but he gives a typically sympathetic performance alongside Wright and real-life stars such as Babe Ruth. |
| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.Only develops any real energy toward the end. |
| VarietyVariety StaffFor baseball and non-baseball fan alike, this sentimental, romantic saga of the NY kid who rose to the baseball heights and later met such a tragic end is well worth seeing. |