Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

Ghoulumbe Better than most people think

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

SnoopyStyle Back in 1964, Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) tried to compete in Salisbury, N Carolina but he's not wanted as the only black competitor. Then it's 1973. All he can get is a job to close down a rec center from the Philadelphia Department of Recreation. He finds bitter maintenance guy Elston (Bernie Mac) and a rundown swimming pool. Sue Davis (Kimberly Elise) is the representative who is reluctantly closing down the unused center. When the city takes down the basketball rims, Jim teaches the kids to swim. It turns out that Sue Davis is the sister and guardian of one of the kids.It's a simple formulaic sports movie. It adds in a splash of racism, a splash of poverty, and stirs it up in an unconventional black sport. Terrence Howard holds it all together. Bernie Mac could have done some damage with his clowning but it's in small doses. It's heart warming at the appropriate time. Tom Arnold may not have the weight to play the bad guy. However the movie follows the underdog formula and does a good job.

Lburgess-754-643003 Whatever happened to the young men that won the competition?Did they go on to bigger and better things?Did they give back to the community? Focus was on the coach and changing a neighborhood for the better, so what happened to the first fledglings? The movie sets a goal at showing how one person can make a difference for the better through positive influence. The fact that a person changes while instituting change is demonstrated. Self aggrandizing is never acceptable, which the coach had to learn the hard way. Selfless actions and selfish/egocentric actions are more than evident.

arias-3 The movie begins with a young talented athlete who is not allowed to compete in a swim meet because he is black. I believe that this was truly the case in 1964. I found myself getting angry about the "authorities" who were a part of the problem.Move ahead 10 years and that same black man has now completed his education and is ready to make some type of an impact and is turned away, again, partially because he is now and educated BLACK man. He settles on a job of helping to close a Pennsylvania Rec Center and things begin to happen.Mr. Ellis finds himself caring about a group of young men who spend all their time playing basketball on the outside court of the Rec Center--but not coming into the Center or attending school. Through this man's concern and then coaching a swim team begins to be formed and the movie shows several aspects of the struggle these youth have to face. The main problem is believing that something can be different and they can be a part of it.As the team begins to take Pride in what they are doing the community begins to take notice and starts to support them. Of course the movie ends with a (spoiler) miracle win. But it is only after they become a TEAM and care about each other.Loved the movie. I don't understand why it was rated so low--it definitely does NOT deserve the 3.2 or whatever it is. Watch this if you get a chance. Thank You.

intelearts Pride is MUCH better than the 2.6 rating - yes, it does wear its heart firmly on its sleeve, but a turkey it most definitely is not. We loved Akeelah and the Bee last year and would put this in the same sense of journey: the ad campaign and tag line should be:"The waves they created changed their world forever..."It does what sport movies should do - gives you the training, the sport, the lift. Of course you know the step by step play but that doesn't alter the fact that this is watchable.I'm afraid I don't get the objections on ground of race - I would imagine being poor, black, and impoverished and the first in my sport in 1974 would be realistically unbelievably tough.If you like your films to be about values - then is is definitely worth the view.IMDb voters should be ashamed - this is not the worst film of all time by a long shot - or all our hearts dead?Ignore the vote - and view with an open heart - we found it decent, inspiring, and all together a satisfying view.