Made in Dagenham (2010)
British cinema today with a film from director Nigel Cole based on real events which stars Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson and Bob Hoskins. It is 1968 and the female workers at a Ford car factory in London strike for equal pay.
When you are condensing real events to a film you often have to use composite characters for some of the roles but it is a real slap in the face to history when even the main character is a fictional composition as well. No doubt the fight for equal pay is an interesting one and this film is not badly made but it is a real shame that history and realism seem to have been chucked out the window in favour of a more simplistic film.
2/5
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