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A "slice of life" movie... mildly interesting but little substance.. I felt a bit like a voyeur. Not much drama , grit or excitement... some scenes were comical although I don't think it was the director's intention.
6/10
19.8.2008 -
brian,powell@ - age: 50+
Brick Lane is a poignant story that will definitely evoke emotion from men and women alike. It is a powerful and honest film about the state of affairs with many immigrants in the West. Well-acted and beautifully shot, the film leaves no loose ends. The mother-daughter relationship is just beautiful. Only misogynist men will be offended by this film because they do not want to imagine a woman making her own decisions about love and life.
9/10
19.8.2008 -
arshadfilms@ - age: 26-35
Typical chick flick. Why do they make these hard-done-by movies? Is it to encourage everyone to have the same cultural mores?
6/10
1.8.2008 -
rick_ash2000@
I can see the appeal of the movie to those who may have read the novel. Your standard Oprah fair, plucky woman overcomes adversity and has a "light-bulb" moment. Add a little Bollywood type romance and there ya go-Brick Lane. Pretty predictable and average cinema. The kinda of movie ladies bring there man to and he ends up falling asleep. I preferred The Namesake as an adaptation and straight up story of immigrants/culture clash. See it on cable or for free.
5/10
24.7.2008 -
srbecca@ - age: 26-35
I loved the movie. I thought it was a beautiful story about love and family. I thought it was very realistic. I thought the actress playing the mother was wonderful and beautiful. I went with two other friends: one loved it, one didn't like it.
7/10
21.7.2008 -
teenie,gibson@ - age: 50+
I thought is was a very touching storyline, It made me relize, Sometimes what you are looking for in life, is right under your nose.
8/10
21.7.2008 -
jamkat@ - age: 26-35
Brick Lane very poetically and skillfully translates a story that largely takes place in the mind of a deeply repressed woman. It has moving insights into the nature of sense of place and learning to live in the present. It also touchingly illustrates the different ways that people can love and how people change over time without even realizing it.
8/10
18.7.2008 -
lydaberger@ - age: 36-49
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Superbly acted (not a single poor performance), beautifully written, and a gripping story. At once it's heartbreaking and then becomes liberating. A 'must see', for sure. The best I've seen this year.
9/10
17.7.2008 -
om8shanti@ - age: 26-35
This film is emotionally stirring, beautifully shot, and superbly acted. There isn't one poor performance in the entire movie. The story is gripping and beautifully written - it's both heartbreaking and (at the end) uplifting. The best film I've seen this year, by far.
9/10
17.7.2008 -
om8shanti@ - age: 26-35
An engaging movie. A particularly good story of immigrant life. Dealing with isolation, struggles to make it in the new world, confronting old world values, and making the new world home. The struggles of this heroine is worth witnessing. A good story well told.
8/10
7.7.2008 -
ildiko,t@ - age: 50+
Well done without unnecessary cliches. Liked the main characters for their realistic acting. It is a common ongoing problem of South Asians trying to adjust to Western lifestyle.
8/10
6.7.2008 -
thakurj@ - age: 50+
I loved watching this movie. I have not read the book and now want to. It took me inside the head of a young immigrant woman in an arranged marriage in London, far from her beloved childhood home and sister. I felt her disorientation and longing and understood so much more of the immigrant experience, the arranged marriage experience, set against a very interesting backdrop of a muslim neighbourhood as the world trade centre tragedy takes place.
7/10
6.7.2008 -
hlepek@ - age: 50+
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