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Pride (2007)
description written by member Tim:
Jim Ellis (Howard) is a black college graduate that cannot find a job. He has a love for competitive swimming and he decides to remodel a vacant pool hall in Philly. Things are going great until city officials mark the building for wrecking. Jim makes a stand and fights back by starting the first African American swim team.
| Release Date: | March 23rd, 2007 |
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
| Running Time: | 104 minutes |
| Directed By: |  | Sunu Gonera |
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| Written By: | | Kevin Michael Smith | | Michael Gozzard |
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Pride Movie Review by Zara  (7/21/2007) |
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I title this jokingly, for once I popped in the DVD for PRIDE, I was bombarded by trailers for "inspirational" black stories narrated in that "inspirational" voice-over that they use for trailers to try and make every movie seem like it's more important than it is.
That's precisely the case for PRIDE, a movie which takes...
(complete Pride review by Zara)
Sometimes a movie is not technically good, but it is still worth watch anyway. I generally find that sports movies fall into that category.
The script and the direction in this film left a lot to be desired, and the actions was not always first rate - largely, I believe, because of the script and direction, but I still...
(complete Pride review by Movie Addict)
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