The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

I've seen this promoted, most of the time, as a movie for Jewish people because it is about their first big baseball idol, Hank Greenberg. A lot of the material here deals with how big an idol Hank was to... Full review

This film about baseball Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg proves to be an interesting and well researched documentary full of ethnic pride. Although not the first Jewish baseball player, but the first to not change his name. The lumbering slugger... Full review

Admittedly, this movie is not for everyone. It is for baseball nuts, people with an interest in Jewish life in America (even if they aren't Jewish themselves), people interested in 20th Century American history, and Tigers fans. I fit the... Full review

I bought this DVD because of my life-long passion for baseball history, not as someone interested in seeing a story about a Jewish ballplayer. I am always interested in knowing more about these baseball greats of the past, and this... Full review

As a bigtime baseball fan, I was very happy to find this. Hank Greenberg was one of the best players the game has ever had, he was jewish in a time of rampent anti-Semitism(well, in places at least as the... Full review

As was the case with Walter Kephart of the August 12th review, I am a member of two of the three groups he said would enjoy this movie. "The Life and Times" falls into the trap of most biographies, as... Full review

As a young girl, I remember his name so well. However, the documentary brought back so many memories. I can't believe that I had actually forgotten about "Greenberg Gardens." I also was somewhat amazed that there were more young people... Full review

Interesting documentary about Hank Greenberg, the Detroit Tigers slugger who was the first major Jewish baseball star. Greenberg braved bigotry in one of the most anti-Semitic cities, and became one of baseball's great stars of the period. The film is... Full review

A sprightly, lovingly researched, rather misty eyed sports documentary that steeped in ethnic pride. At first the movie is inspiring in a conventional, hero-treads-a-national-icon way. Greenberg, the towering Jewish slugger from the Bronx, joins the Detroit Tigers as a first... Full review

I'm not American, I'm not Jewish, and I don't like (or understand) baseball. But this film is perfect. For the first time, I can understand the connection between baseball and the American psyche. Every American kid (of any age) should... Full review

Rating: Not rated, but PG in nature. Its heart and soul was Berg, a housewife in the 1920s, married to the man who invented instant coffee. ... Full Article

In sports there is no shortage of flamboyant champions who, by virtue of their triumphs on the field, the court, or in the ring, rise to the mantle of celebrity. ... Full Article

Half of the movies I've seen lately have been re-makes of old, sometimes obscure, classics. The only reason I know this is that, secretly, I scour the "classics" section of video stores and frequently check to see what's playing on... ... Full Article

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANK GREENBERG: Documentary. Directed by Aviva Kempner. (Not rated. 90 minutes. At the Roxie.) One would hardly think a baseball documentary could say so much about the nature of heroism and the nature of America. ... Full Article

A heartfelt tribute to "Hammering" Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers, the Bronx-born slugger who not only batted his way into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but came to represent the American Dream come true for generations of Jewish Americans. ... Full Article