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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)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 45% 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."  DustinPutman.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

"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

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

3/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito
OFCS Rating: 45% Rotten
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