One of my all time favorites.

As Good As It Gets

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Back in 1964, Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) tried to compete in Salisbury, N Carolina but he's not wanted as the only black competitor. Then it's 1973. All he can get is a job to close down a rec center from the Philadelphia Department of Recreation. He finds bitter maintenance guy Elston (Bernie Mac) and a rundown swimming pool. Sue Davis (Kimberly Elise) is the representative who is reluctantly closing down the unused center. When the city takes down the basketball rims, Jim teaches the kids to swim. It turns out that Sue Davis is the sister and guardian of one of the kids.It's a simple formulaic sports movie. It adds in a splash of racism, a splash of poverty, and stirs it up in an unconventional black sport. Terrence Howard holds it all together. Bernie Mac could have done some damage with his clowning but it's in small doses. It's heart warming at the appropriate time. Tom Arnold may not have the weight to play the bad guy. However the movie follows the underdog formula and does a good job.

Outstanding movieI loved this movie. Bernie Mack and Terrence Howard are excellent. The film is very touching and I cried during it. I'm glad it is a true story. Very inspirational! It shows that a person can overcome any obstacle if they are determined to do so. A very outstanding movie. It is a inspiritual for our today children's that is growing up in the inner city. It tell a story that you can succeed in life even if you live in the inner city. It only take one person to mentor and change your life. A fabulously made movie acting is outstanding and the story line could not be pertrade any better. Simply outstanding.

This film is about a disgraced swimmer coaching a bunch of deprived kids, helping them to achieve their potentials."Pride" is a formulaic film that you can tell the whole story right from the beginning to the end without watching it. Maybe that's the reason that I find it a little boring. Despite it being two hours long, there are still many plots that are poorly developed or explained. For example, they have not explained why the kids are forced to work for the mobsters, or where those mobs come from in the first place! Though the ending does raise my spirits up, I still think the film is a little boring. I think the film can be edited down to make it shorter and tighter.

Sometimes a movie is not technically good, but it is still worth watch anyway. I generally find that sports movies fall into that category.The script and the direction in this film left a lot to be desired, and the actions was not always first rate - largely, I believe, because of the script and direction, but I still felt inspired after watching the film and was pleased at the time spent.I do like Terrence Howard, and thought him great in both Hustle & Flow and Crash. I wish he has better dialog and direction here, but he did the best he could with what he had to work with and gave us an enjoyable performance.I am not a big fan of Bernie Mac, but did enjoy his performances in Mr. 3000 and Bad Santa. He was superb here and i thought he gave the best performance of his career.Kimberly Elise (The Great Debaters, John Q) was also enjoyable, and Tom Arnold was a real jerk.It will touch your heart.