Working closely with the real Jim Ellis, Terrence Howard's portrayal is moving and accurate.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 27, 2020

Howard seems to pride himself on portraying characters with both a deep sense of flawed humanity and a redemptive quality.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 20, 2020

This is not a sports movie. This is a movie about a man involved in sports. This is Jim Ellis' story. This is a story of heart, conviction, motivation, determination, pride.

| Nov 13, 2019

It's another kinda, sorta based on a true story, inspirational sports film in the vein of any given Bruckheimer sports film.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 25, 2011

Maybe because it focused on swimming, and didn't really capture the drama of the sport, it came off like a 온라인카지노추천 movie. It even borrowed from Dead Poets Society with an 'Oh Captain, My Captain' moment.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 3, 2008

Feel-good swimming flick takes on racism.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2007

Howard anchors the film with a charismatic turn. He doesn't turn Ellis into a plaster saint but portrays a complex and complicated man.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 14, 2007

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2007

A movie that deserves to succeed, but falls just short because it shows us much more than it teaches us.

Full Review | Original Score: 68/100 | Jul 9, 2007

...undone by its reliance on exceedingly conventional elements.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 2, 2007

Despite its shortcomings, Pride proves to be an effective feel-good sports drama.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 25, 2007

Directed by Zimbabwean-born Sunu Gonera, who seems fascinated with 1970s American 'ghetto' atmosphere; he overdoses viewers on afros, hoop earrings and graffiti, which at least keeps the movie watchable.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 19, 2007

The plot plays out as predictably as anyone might expect, but the fine details keep Pride squarely above average.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Apr 5, 2007

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.

| Apr 1, 2007

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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 31, 2007

This is an inspirational movie that really touches the heart.

| Mar 31, 2007

While Terrence Howard is subdued in the role of Coach Ellis throughout much of the film, Bernie Mac provides a much needed lift especially early on.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 31, 2007

By painting in such broad strokes and playing up race-baiting that Ellis says he didn't experience, are they not couching the movie as somehow uniquely "black"?

| Mar 28, 2007

I have seen Pride now too many times without actually seeing it.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 26, 2007

Swimming isn't exactly the most cinematic of sports and unfortunately the script gets waterlogged well before the big finale.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 26, 2007