An aspiring actor whose career is in the dumps, exploits his amazing bowling skills to take the PBA by storm and becomes rich and famous, only to lose his best girl and best friend...
Te movie picks up in the final act as Agnieszka's political activities begin to eclipse her personal drama, culminating in the historic 1980 strike that would lead to the creation of free labor unions in Poland.
– Joshua Land,
Time Out New York,
30 Jun 2007
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An inspiring tale of a small woman who stands tall in the face of injustice.
– Kevin Crust,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jun 2007
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It's all a lot closer to melodrama than drama, but Thalbach is a dynamo.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
28 Jun 2007
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Rough-hewn and modest, stirring but rarely grandiose. This seems fitting, since part of what made Solidarity so inspiring was its gritty, determined refusal of ideological grandstanding or political melodrama.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
15 Jun 2007
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The script plays fast and loose with the facts and adds soap-operaish touches, but [Katharina] Thalbach is a feisty delight. Strike is no Tin Drum, but her performance makes the melodrama worthwhile.