Sure it's predictable, but its virtues include its originality of theme (how often do we see films of African-American swim teens?) and a sharp performance by Terrence Howard
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03/25/07
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Pride (2007)
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Reviews Counted:104
Fresh:48
Rotten:56
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Pride features a typically stellar performance from Terrence Howard, but ultimately falls victim to its over usage of sports movie clichés.
Theatrical Release:Mar 23, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $7,036,608
Synopsis: Based on true events, Lionsgate's PRIDE tells the inspiring story of Jim Ellis, a charismatic schoolteacher in the 1970s who changed lives forever when he founded an African-American swim team in... [More]
Starring: Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Kimberly Elise, Tom Arnold
Director: Sunu Gonera
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Reviews for Pride
This surprisingly entertaining movie defies its formulaic plot and delivers a well-executed tale of team spirit.
03/25/07
I couldn't help thinking a documentary about the man would be so much more interesting than a watered-down, by-the-numbers dramatization.
03/24/07
It flounders in the shallow end for a really long time... by the time the story had a chance to move me, I was just ready to get out of the pool.
03/24/07
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03/24/07
Howard and Mac play well off each other, the kids are fine and the film makes the points it wants to make. The only thing more you can ask is that it not be a paint-by-numbers approach, as this is.
03/24/07
Not so much formulaic as elemental, this campy, would-be-inspirational jock weepy scrapes the barrel for life-lesson-imparting sports to exploit.
03/24/07
Overall, it was a good family movie that shows us once again how important it is to respect all human beings regardless of race and to believe that anything is possible.
03/23/07
The real Jim Ellis surely did a wonderful thing for his community, but the most striking thing about seeing him in the end credits is that he's not nearly as fabulously handsome as Terrence Howard.
03/23/07
Pride is a fairly predictable entry in the highly predictable inspirational sports drama genre. But the movie is saved by the earnest, believable performance of Terrence Howard and by Bernie Mac in a more serious role than usual.
03/23/07
Surely there are better, more original ways of telling such important stories.
03/23/07
It really has nothing to be proud of but a central performance much better than the movie itself deserves. It's time for Terrence Howard to appear in a movie that rises to his level.
03/23/07
Top CriticTerrence Howard's unforced charisma did a lot for Crash and Hustle & Flow, and he's the chief reason Pride is worth catching.
03/23/07
That Pride ultimately gets to you is more of a surprise than the outcome because it's not very well-constructed.
03/23/07
Top CriticNot even Howard's genuine appeal, or his can-do kids, can keep Pride out of the shallow end of the pool.
03/23/07
Its worst feature, unfortunately, is the sports angle, which is mishandled by director Sunu Gonera and the film's four screenwriters.
03/23/07
Despite the stale odor of the broth, lack of originality isn't Pride's stumbling point -- it's that the familiar story is not well presented.
03/23/07
Top CriticPride is a watchable if overly superficial film that nonetheless builds to a genuinely stirring conclusion.
03/23/07
with such a stubborn and unbending black-versus-white attitude, it comes across as racist as the lily white swim team that serves as the villains
03/23/07
A generic against-the-odds underdog sports drama.
03/23/07
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