Pride

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Pride
Set back in the 1970s, and based on a true story, this is yet another sports-underdog movie, set in the world of swimming. An ex swimming champ arrives at his new job at a recreation centre. He is there to close it down. He gets sidetracked by an old empty pool, which he fills up and cleans. Soon the local kids are taking dips, and before he knows it, he is teaching them the finer points of swimming. The bunch of misfits decide they've got what it takes to enter a major swimming competition... where they will be the only black team in a pool of whites.

107 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Language).
Drama, Sports.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

So you wanna be a pimp like me?
So you wanna be a pimp like me?

Credits

Cast
Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Kimberly Elise, Tom Arnold, Kevin Phillips, Nate Parker, Regine Nehy, Evan Ross, Alphonso McAuley, Brandon Fobbs, Gary Anthony Sturgis
Director
Sunu Gonera
ScreenplayKevin Michael Smith, Michael Gozzard, J. Mills Goodloe, Norman Vance Jr.
MusicAaron Zigman
CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti
EditingBilly Fox
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2007
Produced byCinered Internationale Filmproduktionsgesellschaft GmbH & Co. 1. Beteiligungs KG, Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG, Element Films, Fortress Features, L.I.F.T. Production, Lionsgate, Paul Hall Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageMild and moderate, infrequent
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceTwice, assault, moderate
PrejudiceRacist slurs in historical context
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsNone
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
3
Violence
3
Blood / Gore / Gross
1
Guns / Weapons
1
Profanity
3
Alcohol / Drugs
3
Smoking
2
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
2
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
1
Music (Scary/Tense)
1
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Munyaradzi Vomo
10
Cape Times
Sam Adams
5
The Citizen
Annette Bayne
10
24.com
Gugulethu Mkhabela
10
ReelViews
James Berardinelli quote iconPride is one of those generic inspirational sports movies that has been cobbled together from spare parts left to rust on Hollywood's shelf of clichés and stereotypes. Take a little '70s racism, add the guidance of a strong coach, throw in minor subplots about the players, and stir.
10
ScreenIt
quote iconIt's nothing great and certainly isn't able to swim laps around the competition, but it mostly works for what it's trying to be, albeit in a predictable, average way.
10
Metacritic.com
27 critics
11
Rottentomatoes critics
103 critics
11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconUltimately falls victim to its over usage of sports movie clichés
9

What the People say

Internet
2964 Netizens
8

Average .. 47%

9




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