Use of the term ‘inspirational true story’ can feel like something of cliché. It’s one of those sayings that’s bandied around with so much ease that it’s sort of lost its meaning. But when it comes to PRIDE—the true story of a group of LGBT activists supporting the miners through the turmoil of the Thatcher-era strikes—the phrase feels apt. It would have been easy for such a story to be just another working class Brit flick straight off the BILLY ELLIOT conveyer belt. But while it certainly doesn’t break the mould, PRIDE is more than just MADE IN DAGENHAM with a bit of gay flare; it’s funny, heartening and in the end, genuinely uplifting.
