Calendar Girls director Nigel Cole returns to comfortable ground after so-so Hollywood outings A Lot Like Love and $5 A Day with this true story of ordinary people wrestling with extraordinary circumstances, this time the injustice of women’s pay during late-’60s Britain. Cole has assembled a superior cast (including Happy-Go-Lucky’s Sally Hawkins), while Billy Ivory’s screenplay offers comfortable archetypes (feisty factory girl; gruff but decent boss; ice queen with good heart et al) which they skilfully fill. As with Calendar Girls there’s a cosy, soapy feel, as relationships falter and loyalties conflict, which while not a bad thing suggests Sunday teatime fiction rather than social document. It’s a shame the political theme feels so secondary, with end-credits interviews with the real-life campaigners stoking more interest in the fight than the film itself.
Made In Dagenham Review
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The Dagenham Ford factory, 1968. Three hundred female workers go on strike in protest at sexual discrimination, taking on the might of Ford in the process.
Release Date:
01 Oct 2010
Running Time:
113 minutes
Certificate:
15
Original Title:
Made In Dagenham
While the political grit behind the saga is somewhat sidelined, this is a fun watch enhanced by its stellar British cast.
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