Made in Dagenham (2010)
Directed by Nigel Cole
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
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Union representative Albert Passingham (Bob Hoskins, "The Long Good Friday," "Mrs Henderson Presents"), who was brought up by a single mother working multiple, low paying jobs, encouraged the plucky Rita O'Grady (Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky," "Never Let Me Go") to join a meeting with company execs about a possible work stoppage.
The non-stop soundtrack of pseudo-Vangelis synth-pomp and cheesy Eighties pop hits gets quite annoying (it culminates, as it had to, with Van Halen 's "Jump"), but Eddie the Eagle might just tap into that teeming ocean of Saturday night punter-hood that lies somewhere between Mamma Mia! and Made in Dagenham.
Sally Hawkins ("Made in Dagenham") and Craig Roberts are hissable as Jane's aunt and her odious son (Fukunaga turns up the volume in their home which has the result of making Lowood almost tolerable in comparison, a good choice).