Norma Rae (1979)
95 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 18 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Synopsis: Set in the industrial South and based on a true story, Martin Ritt's NORMA RAE is a moving portrait of a woman's fight to improve both her own life and the deplorable conditions that exist in the mill where she works. Norma Rae (Sally Field) has worked at the textile mill for years, but when a union... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley
Director: Martin Ritt
Screenwriter: Irving Ravetch, Harriet, Jr. Frank
Producer: Tamara Asseyev, Alexandra Rose
Composer: David Shire
Screenwriter: Irving Ravetch, Harriet, Jr. Frank
Producer: Tamara Asseyev, Alexandra Rose
Composer: David Shire
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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.
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01/11/08
Top Critic
Sally Field won her first Oscar for her performance in the title role, a complex portrayal of an working-class southern woman.
01/11/08
Top Critic
A beautifully made, splendidly acted film that more than achieves its aims.
09/19/07
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
09/14/06
Nicely performed by a strong cast, especially Field and Leibman, it's often mawkishly soft, but surprisingly touching.
01/26/06
Norma Rae is a seriously concerned contemporary drama, illuminated by some very good performances and one, Miss Field's, that is spectacular.
05/20/03
Top Critic
This inspiring movie really connects with our emotions. . . . Sally Field has the meatiest role of her career.
04/26/01
Sally Field made us like her, really like her, as the scrappy, titular star of this unionization drama.
01/01/00
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