Made in Dagenham (2010)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Duration: 113 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Nigel Cole
Stars: Sally Hawkins, Daniel Mays and Jaime Winstone
IMDb score:
7,1 (16.570)
Releasedate: 11 September 2010
Made in Dagenham plot
"In the fight for equal rights, an ordinary woman achieves something extraordinary."
It is 1968. Rita lives in Dagenham and, like many local women, works at the Ford factory. When they discover that their male colleagues are paid more than they do, they revolt. With humor, good sense and courage, the women take on the management, their wives, the male employees and ultimately the government.
Actors and actresses
Rita O'Grady
Albert Passingham
Barbara Castle
Connie
Lisa Hopkins
Brenda
Eddie O'Grady
Sandra
Monty Taylor
Peter Hopkins
Reviews & comments
Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Decent film about women's rights in a period in the 1960s when (women's) emancipation and rights were put to the fore. It was a period of figurative progress with growing prosperity, but also literal decline with strikes and social discontent. A bizarre period in which the glitter and glamor also had a raw dark and narrow side.
The film never really gets raw. The social theme around equal pay day for women is still a theme today, although I think that both have grown closer. This theme is intertwined very lightly in the film. It seems something banal, although it must have been a hard social struggle, just like rights for the blacks. Occasionally the side effects surfaced, but too little to really influence the film. For example, little was done about the consequences of the total closure of the Ford plant.
Excellent setting from the 1960s, by the way, and a more than excellent Sally Hawkins, a lady who rarely if ever disappoints. I certainly didn't think it was a comedy, although there were light, fine dialogues in it. Excellent role also by the Minister of Employment. Quick and rowdy. Nice to have seen. In terms of atmosphere and plot, it reminded me of the slightly lesser Potiche (Film, 2010) by François Ozon.
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Robi
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- 2536 messages
- 2530 votes
The film actually starts very promising. A nice sixties atmosphere, nice music and images of beautiful old Fords in the factory. But when the film starts, it soon becomes apparent that it is a boring subject. Strikes because women want to be paid the same as men. That was probably a special and topical subject at the time, but it now sounds very outdated and self-evident. And so not really interesting anymore. And so is the first part of the film when it comes to the uprising of the women and how their leader is chosen. Not really exciting. The rest of the film about the struggle to get their rights is a bit more fascinating, but the director then opts for a falsely sentimental and over-dramatized approach, according to American custom. Although this is an English film, so you hope better. But it really doesn't get all that great in this film. I also think I forgot about this movie very quickly.
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Filmkriebel
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- 10012 messages
- 4678 votes
True retelling of the 1968 women's strike at the Ford factory in Dagenham, UK, for equal pay with their male colleagues. These kinds of topics, popularized by Ken Loach, usually fascinate me.
If one does want to talk about equality, then I actually thought that the portrayal of women and men was at least unequal. The women are portrayed as solidary and persevering, while the men are portrayed as wimpy (except for Bob Hoskins in the role of the foreman who stands up for his employees...). Barbara Castle's two undersecretaries were quite a miss in this film. And Eddie, Rita O'Grady's husband, also comes across as a scab. These examples show that it is viewed from a one-sided feminist perspective, which does not benefit the subject's vigor.
Furthermore, I did not find the frail Hawkins credible as the voice of the employees. I especially had the impression that this women's strike was mainly used to sprinkle feel-good moments around. It's not a bad movie, but for me it could do with a bit more seriousness. The comic aspect could be completely scrapped for all I care.
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