Brick Lane

Who's in it? Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson
What's it about? A young Bangladeshi woman arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life.
What type of film is it? Drama
Is it any good? The book it is based on and the making of this movie made more of a splash than the film itself. What was an uncompromising and controversial novel has lost something in translation leaving it somewhere between and ITV1 drama and dramatised documentary. Not terrible by any stretch but it deals with many real; issues and somehow manages not to get any further than going skin deep. Good performances keep this watchable though.
Marks out of 10? 5

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