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- 2007
- PG
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 49 m
- 2007
- PG
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 49 m
Summary Based on true events, Pride tells the inspiring story of Jim Ellis (Howard), a charismatic schoolteacher in the 1970s who changed lives forever when he founded an African-American swim team in one of Philadelphia's roughest neighborhoods. (Lionsgate)
Directed By: Sunu Gonera
- 2007
- PG
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 49 m
- 2007
- PG
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 49 m
Pride
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Summary Based on true events, Pride tells the inspiring story of Jim Ellis (Howard), a charismatic schoolteacher in the 1970s who changed lives forever when he founded an African-American swim team in one of Philadelphia's roughest neighborhoods. (Lionsgate)
Directed By: Sunu Gonera
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
55
37% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
63% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
0% Negative
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Pride doesn't have much surprise, but it's a formula picture of genuine feeling.
There are formulaic moments aplenty in Pride, the "inspired by a true story" tale of Philadelphia swimming coach Jim Ellis, but in its first scenes, at least, it deserves some credit for doing the unexpected.
A measured, magnificently understated and intense performance by Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow, Crash) as Ellis gives Pride its fire and heart.
Despite a second half that feels more routine than its first, Pride is a definite crowd-pleaser.
That Pride ultimately gets to you is more of a surprise than the outcome because it's not very well-constructed.
Howard seems to be in an altogether different and substantially more idiosyncratic film. When the story calls for him to be Patton, he plays Kurtz.
Pride's story was etched in stone ages ago by mysterious movie powers beyond our understanding, and all the Staples Singers' songs in the world won't keep it from its appointed rounds.
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Production Company
Cinered Internationale Filmproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. 1. Beteiligungs KG,
Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG,
Element Films,
Fortress Features,
L.I.F.T. Production,
Lionsgate Films,
Paul Hall Productions
Release Date Mar 23, 2007
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating PG
Tagline Reach for it with everything you've got.
Awards
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 2 Nominations
MovieGuide Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Rome Film Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
