Norma Rae (1979)
Directed by Martin Ritt
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
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I'm waiting to see which nitwit will be the first to dismiss "Erin Brockovich" because things actually turn out well, or because it reminds him or her of "Norma Rae" or "A Civil Action" and, well, doesn't that mean it has been done?
Not yet it doesn't, but before " Erin Brockovich " is over those qualities will surface as major players in this irresistible, hugely satisfying feminist fairy tale that turns "Norma Rae" into the protagonist of "A Civil Action" and makes us believe it.
In a lot of respects this is a very old-fashioned Hollywood entertainment — Pretty Woman (you won't believe some of the outfits Roberts wears here, by the way) meets Norma Rae.
The result is a portrayal of a real-life working-class hero on a par with Norma Rae, which won Sally Field an Oscar, and Silkwood, which earned Meryl Streep an Oscar nomination.
Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich is one of those lone justice crowd pleasers, like "Norma Rae" or "Silkwood," in which a workaday woman dares to fight the system…
One of the most salutary aspects of this riveting drama is the rounded portrait of a deeply flawed heroine who, like the courageous women in Norma Rae and Silkwood, demonstrates the hard road of trying to make a difference in the world.
Anchored by Stanfield's sympathetic performance as a beleaguered, manipulated Everydude, the movie is Norma Rae on a long, strange trip through our world of self-righteous tech bros, casual racism and viral cruelty.
There are also subtexts about the ways in which men oppress women to keep them locked inside specific societal roles, but come on: You want a feminist movie, go rent Norma Rae.
The muckraking social drama has a long, proud tradition in American movies, from "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" to "Norma Rae" to "Erin Brockovich."
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His relationship with good-but-unconvinced-doctor Jennifer Garner seems like a page from the "Norma Rae" playbook — platonic friendship between two unlikely allies — than anything like a genuine moment.
Office Space is most definitely a comedy, something like Norma Rae with a college degree and a sense of humor.
I’m thinking of movies like “Bad Day at Black Rock,” “Twelve Angry Men,” “Norma Rae,” or, to name two more recent examples, “Erin Brockovich” and “The Insider” — movies that stem from liberal outrage and the need to speak out against racial or societal injustice.