Pride
Year: 2014
Studio: Calamity Films, BBC Film, Proud Films, BFI, Pathé
Director: Matthew Warchus
Cast: George MacKay, Ben Schnetzer, Freddie Fox, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West
Crew: Stephen Beresford (Writer), Matthew Warchus (Director), David Livingstone (Producer), Nadia Stacey (Makeup Designer), Nadia Stacey (Hair Designer), Charlotte Walter (Costume Design)
Runtime: 120 minutes
Release: Sep 12, 2014
IMDb: 7.71/10 by 1,333 users
Popularity: 2
Country: France, United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 16,700,000

If _Pride_ had been dreamt up by a screenwriter, no studio in their right mind would’ve backed it—miners and queer activists teaming up in Thatcher’s Britain? Come off it. But because it’s rooted in truth, it’s got real bite. I found it a solidly good romp with a banging jukebox soundtrack and just enough political heft to give it weight—Section 28, police harassment, the AIDS crisis all get a look-in. It’s full of heart, even if the casting lets it down; for a film so full of Welsh characters, there’s far too many English (and Irish) actors with wobbly accents.