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Movie Overview
Cast
• Terrence Howard
• Bernie Mac
• Kimberly Elise
Director
• Sunu Gonera
MPAA Rating
PG - For thematic material, language including some racial epithets, and violence.
Pride (2007)

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OFCS Rating: 46% Rotten
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B
"It's a testament to the performers that they can extract some fluid of suspense out of the rampant cliches spread out picnic-style in the final 20 minutes, and to Gonera's good fortune that he lucked into Terrence Howard."  OhmyNews.com  Brian Orndorf

C-
""Pride" mitigates and collapses its subject into a pop mentality afraid of the trouble it aspires to disclose. It is at once a cowardly and cynical movie."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

"Bodies are framed and lit to be seen. In a movie where characters appear in dimly lit interiors or near light-reflecting chlorine-blue pools, this is no small thing."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

2/5
"Grab a real-life sports hero, whip up a few pointless catchphrases, and who cares if the rest is remotely good?"  eFilmCritic.com  David Cornelius

B+
"This surprisingly entertaining movie defies its formulaic plot and delivers a well-executed tale of team spirit."  EDGE Boston  David Foucher

1.5/4
"...undone by its reliance on exceedingly conventional elements."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

2/4
"Pride is a generic title for a generic movie."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

C+
"I couldn't help thinking a documentary about the man would be so much more interesting than a watered-down, by-the-numbers dramatization."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

C
"First-time director Sunu Gonera and his battalion of screenwriters have a beginner's flair for ruining nice moments with sickly-sweet excess."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

C+
"There's absolutely nothing new here, but though Howard can't make this swimming tale seem fresh, he does make it feel slightly less mildewy."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2/4
"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."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

6/10
"If anything stands out in this relatively routine take on an old sports standby, it's Terrence Howard."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Jeffrey Chen

6/10
"The fact that Pride -- a tried-and-true formulaic sports cliché "inspired" by a true story -- is almost decent is a real testament to the acting prowess of Mr. Terrence Howard."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

"This is an inspirational movie that really touches the heart."  3BlackChicks Review  Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

1/5
"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"  Film School Rejects  Kevin Carr

2/4
"I have seen Pride now too many times without actually seeing it."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

B-
"Pride rises with its feel-good message, soul classics of the 70s on the soundtrack, and Bernie Mac's comic relief. The film isn't a champion, but it makes you feel like one."  Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema  Mark Pfeiffer

"[T]here's not a single thing original or surprising here, except how sincerely touching Pride ends up being anyway."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

1.5/4
"Terrence Howard's performance doesn't come close to counteracting the triteness of Pride."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

C+
"Pride has heart but not the soul it needs to be different."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

B-
"An inspirational tale of a real-life underdog triumph hacked down into the familiar shape of a rousing Hollywood feel-good film..."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

2.5/4
"Pride is a watchable if overly superficial film that nonetheless builds to a genuinely stirring conclusion."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

3/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito
OFCS Rating: 46% Rotten
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