Anita & Me

Anita & Me (2002)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 62% of users liked it
    (1,507 ratings)

Directed by Metin Huseyin, Anita & Me follows the development of a cross-cultural friendship between 12-year-old Indian immigrant Meena (Chandeep Uppal) and her 14-year-old British neighbor, Anita (Anna Brewster). An aspiring writer, Meena (Uppal) writes down all the challenges of her new life in… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By
Metin Huseyin
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 22, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Aug 8, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    Enjoyable and funny, but there's not that much to it.

  • Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

    There's good support too, especially from Kathy Burke, who steals the film with a short, under-stated burst of classy acting in a key scene ...

  • Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile

    A sweet chapter in the life of a young girl battling to identify with her roots and environment, although it never reaches the heights that Bend It Like Beckham achieves.

  • Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK Critic

    There's nothing for us to buy into here, and impatience sets in pretty quick. On a fundamental level, it's hard to understand just how Syal hopes for us to identify with her protagonist.

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  • xGary X


    It's a british comedy. Therefore it's 1 got hilarious comedy accents. 2 got hilarious 70s fashions. 3 got "affectionate" racial stereotypes. 4 got an utterly predictable script. 5 shite. Sorry, I mean "shoyt".

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