The Pride of the Yankees 1942

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: As 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. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: Surprisingly dreary and lifeless. Read more

TIME Magazine: The best part of Pride of the Yankees is its grade-A love story. Read more

Manny Farber, The New Republic: Mate 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. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: For 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. Read more