Norma Rae (1979)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 2
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Norma Rae finds Sally Field cast in the title role, a minimum-wage worker in a cotton mill. The factory has taken too much of a toll on the health of Norma Rae's family for her to ignore her Dickensian working conditions. After hearing a speech by New York union organizer Reuben (Ron Leibman), Norma Rae decides to join the effort to unionize her shop. This causes dissension at home when Norma Rae's husband, Sonny (Beau Bridges), assumes that her activism is a result of a romance between herself
Mar 2, 1979 Wide
Apr 17, 2001
20th Century Fox Film Corporat
Cast
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Sally Field
Norma Rae -
Beau Bridges
Sonny -
Ron Leibman
Reuben -
Pat Hingle
Vernon -
Barbara Baxley
Leona -
Gail Strickland
Bonnie Mae -
Lonny Chapman
Gardner -
Morgan Paull
Wayne Billings -
Charlie Briggs
Warren Lotting -
Robert Broyles
Sam Bolen -
John Calvin
Ellis Harper -
Booth Colman
Dr. Watson -
Lee de Broux
Lujan -
Joe Dorsey
Woodrow Thompson -
J. Don Ferguson
Peter Galiot -
Bert Freed
Sam Dakin -
Gilbert Green
Al London -
Bob Hannah
Jed Buffum -
Edith Ivey
Louise Pickens -
Clayton Landey
Teddy Bob Keeler -
James Luisi
George Benson -
Frank McRae
James Brown -
Mary Munday
Mrs. Johnson -
George R. Robertson
Farmer -
Henry Slate
Policeman -
Roy Tatum
Woodrow Bowser -
Gregory Walcott
Lamar Miller -
Noble Willingham
Leroy Mason -
Grace Zabriskie
Linette Odum -
Bob Minor
Lucius White -
Jack Stryker
J.J. Davis -
Vernon Weddle
Rev. Hubbard -
Fred Covington
Alston
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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (2) | DVD (7)
Photographed in murky yellows and browns by John Alonzo, this 1979 film is sluggish and vague, trivializing its subject in a wash of unearned sentimentality.
Top CriticNorma Rae is that rare entity, an intelligent film with heart.
Nicely performed by a strong cast, especially Field and Leibman, it's often mawkishly soft, but surprisingly touching.
Norma Rae is a seriously concerned contemporary drama, illuminated by some very good performances and one, Miss Field's, that is spectacular.
Inspiring pro-union story is good watch-together fare.
Sally Field won her first Oscar playing union activist Norma Rae.
Sally Field won her first Oscar for her performance in the title role, a complex portrayal of an working-class southern woman.
A beautifully made, splendidly acted film that more than achieves its aims.
The closure is consistent and satisfying, standing in opposition to conventional Hollywood happy endings: Norma Rae and Jewish labor leader part as equals, with a respectful handshake rather than embrace or kiss; both have benefited from the friendship
Does it get any better than Sally Field?
Harrowing union vs corporation film has Oscar winning Field.
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