Made in Dagenham

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  • Opened November 19, 2010 (Limited 11/19)
  • 1 hr 53 min
  • R | Language and brief sexuality

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. More on child suitability

  • Rita O’Grady (Sally Hawkins) reflects that upbeat era, along with her friends and co-workers at the city's Ford Motor Factory who laugh in the face of their poor conditions. Lisa (Rosamund Pike) is a fiercely intelligent Cambridge-educated woman, tending to the home with a husband that suggests she keep her opinions to herself. Rita is coerced into attending a meeting with shop steward Connie, sympathetic union representative Albert (Bob Hoskins) and Peter Hopkins (Rupert Graves), Ford’s Head of Industrial Relations. What she expects to be simply a day out of work, complete with a free lunch, turns into much more when she and her colleagues become outraged by the lack of respect shown in the meeting to the women employees. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Daniel Mays, Richard Schiff, Lorraine Stanley, Nicola Duffett
  • Director: Nigel Cole
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Amy Biancolli

It's still a spirited look - well written, beautifully acted, full of uplift - at lovably cheeky heroines on the march for a little respect. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Sally Hawkins is just plain irresistible in this funny, touching and vital salute to women in the work force. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

To the extent that this mostly sunny excursion succeeds, it's due to the irrepressible Hawkins. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Ray Bennett

The real-life tale of a group of female machinists who took on the Ford Motor Co. in England and earned equal pay for women gets a rousing and entertaining telling in Nigel Cole's crowd-pleasing Made in Dagenham. Read full review

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Nicola Duffett as Eileen, Andrea Riseborough as Brenda, Geraldine James as Connie, Miranda Richardson as Barbara Castle, Sally Hawkins as Rita, Jaime Winstone as Sandra and Lorraine Stanley as Monica in "Made in Dagenham."