Based on the inspirational TRUE STORY!
“Searing and endearing! ***1/2 STARS.”
– Colin Dabkowski, The Buffalo News
“I repeatedly found myself smiling, despite weak attempts to suppress my happy expressions.
I eventually gave up trying. Pride isn’t really a comedy, but it’s filled with bright, frequently warm humor and it must be the most inspiriting, feel-good picture of the year.”
– George Sax, Artvoice
“The kind of hearty, blunt-force drama with softened edges that leaves audiences applauding and teary-eyed.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times
“‘Pride’ is an unapologetic crowd-pleaser of a movie, but it has some potent points to make, and the reality of what happened has a power of its own.”
– Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
“A clear winner that makes you laugh, cry, and generally want to party and parade like it’s 1984. Respect.”
– Angie Errigo, Empire Magazine
“Warmhearted, with resonant themes of friendship and mutual respect.”
– Charles Gant, Variety
“Pride [is] a Brit dramedy that is a crowd-pleaser in the best sense of the word. Even when it’s tugging hard at your heartstrings, you believe the damn thing.”
– Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all. (C) CBS
