Lovesusti
The Worst Film Ever
Lumsdal
Good , But It Is Overrated By Some
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
curlks
Made in Dagenham is a movie about the true story of women working in the Ford Dagenham car plant that went on strike to fight for pay equality. This movie brilliantly captures the pay inequality crisis. It brings awareness to the cause and provides eye opening information that can encourage people of all ages to fight for what's right. Equal pay was a problem long ago and is still a very big problem today. This movie was very inspiring, specifically for the female sex, but for the male sex too. I thought this movie really brought a reality to the wage gap how it affects a person's life. The fact that this movie is based on a true story makes it all the more empowering. I encourage all women to watch this and to see what they are capable of. The parts of this movie that I felt were especially honest were the parts that acknowledged the troubles that the main character, Rita O'Grady, and her family went through. I thought that these scenes really made the movie because it shows the reality that life is not always pots of gold under the rainbow, but that everyone goes through hard times no matter how strong they seem on the outside. In addition, Made in Dagenham showed how families and loved ones can come through and support one another in the end. To conclude, Made in Dagenham did a wonderful job of expressing how many women around the world feel about the wage gap and the extreme actions that had to be taken in 1968 to make things right. Although pay inequality is still a major issue today, it is being acknowledged in many ways throughout the world, whether it's through foundations, companies, or movies like this one, it is still being fought for and as long as people keep working hard, someday the gap can be closed.
cartman_1337
Movies about equal rights for women aren't exactly abundant, which made this movie a very pleasant surprise. It's well made, representing the 60s on screen in a realistic manner, and well acted, featuring performances by some very good actors we sadly see to little of in the bigger productions, like Bob Hoskins. And its story is both true and important, and a true testament that history can be made anywhere, as long as those fighting for it stay true to their purpose and see it through. UK cinema has so much more than James Bond to offer, and there are many gems out there deserving to be discovered by a larger audience. This is one of them. Highly recommended!
FlashCallahan
In 1968, the women at the Ford auto plant in Dagenham, England go on strike. As sewing machine operators making the coverings for car seats, their jobs have been reclassified from semi-skilled to unskilled. A friendly shop steward, tells strike leader Rita that this isn't about whether they are skilled or not. They're getting paid less because they are women and unless they change things, they will always make less than the men do. The women walk off the job and eventually the plant runs out of car seats with the entire plant threatening to shut down. With the men nearly out of work it's left to Rita to convince them they need the support of all worker to succeed. The intervention of a senior government Minister who takes up their cause despite a heavy- handed response from Ford clears the way for a solution and leads to legislation on equal pay for work of equal value.....I can imagine there is a fair demographic of men who will hate this film with a vengeance, and to be fair, it's portrayal of men comes across pretty typecast, we all want our dinner on the table, we all go to the pub after work, and we all treat women as lesser people, as seen when Rita complains to the teacher, or whenever Pike is on screen.But this little typecasting is intricate to the plot, and makes the womens journey that little bit more for-filling and making you say 'go on girls' in your head that little bit more.It's a phenomenal movie with some great performances, but Sally Hawkins really makes the film the emotional feast it is. Not only does Rita happen to accidentally run the strike, but she has to contend with abuse on the street and a husband who cannot cope with the change to his activities of daily living.Pike has never been better and Richardson also puts in a great performance as the minister who made it all happen for Rita and the girls.All in all it's pretty old fashioned with the way men are portrayed here, but as i've said before, it's vital to the plot, so I won't complain too much.
lasttimeisaw
Sally Hawkins' Golden Globe winning in 2009 for HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (2008) prompts herself to the eminent status as a new rising star from UK, so two years later, she acquired another hard- earned leading role in this Nigel Cole (CALENDAR GIRLS 2003, a 7/10) helmed biographic story of women's fighting for equal rights (equal pay). It is rather hard to believe that merely half-a-century ago, equal pay would induce such a startling pain-in-the-neck in UK, the most advanced and civilised country in the world, which should have been taken for granted by anyone anywhere now without a second thought. So each and every little progress in the human history needs tremendous effort to push behind it, and gladly this film is able to manage a solid job to portray such an effort with a strongly female- skewed cast. Hawkins has an ardent inner power within her willowy body, the most intense scene is the explosive encounter between her and her husband (Daniel Mays), when she shoots back with the punchline "It is what it should be!", definitely a soul-lifting achievement just by one single line and her current ranking is among my top 5 in the leading actress category. Then comes to the supporting group, Oscar-nominees Hoskins and Richardson are both fine, but unfortunately no scene-stealing moment; otherwise veteran Geraldine James and the former Bond-girl Rosamund Pike are the lucky ones here, the former is compellingly amiable even in her saddest time, while the latter deftly utilising her very meagre screen time to declare her faculty in transform some average shots into her personal proscenium (she is among my top 10 supporting actress list). The film may not be an idiosyncratic piece of work which should have infusing new blood into the heartening but vaguely worn-out biography breed, and more or less, its narrative strategy is too formal and a trifle conservative, but it has its flair in instilling a feel-good assurance to its audience without being dictatorial and sermonic, plus an adroit engineering of its source material into its maximum momentum, and last not the least, a laudable UK troupe is the key of it.
