Film1979110 min

Norma Rae

Name: Norma Rae
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley

Taste attributes: dramaslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricategrittycomplex relationship

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"The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right."

Boxlist takeA grounded, unhurried drama: weighty and fresh. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.3 /10

TMDB · 106 votes

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Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB