Brick Lane
Abdul Nlephaz Ali, Bernard Holley, Christopher Simpson
The story of a beautiful young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen, who arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four wal...( read more
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February 14, 2009A look into the life of a Bangladeshi immigrant living in Brick Lane, London, with her family & husband from an arranged marriage. It's a fairly average, pleasant TV drama. The most interesting character development actually centres around her husband.
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March 3, 2009Here's an interesting movie that is beautifully depicted and is filled with love, happiness, and self-discovery. The story plot centralizes around the life of Nazneen, a young woman who comes from a village. She moves to London to enter an arranged marriage with an older man. Liv... ...( read more )
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June 2, 2009It kind of drags on at points and I'm not entirely sure I understood the point, mainly because nothing bad happens at the end of the movie for the cheating and what not.
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April 3, 2009This movie was going good until they ruined the affair with her stupid speech about different kinds of love. A person that lives for sappy chick flicks - like me - just wants two characters to live happily ever after. We don't care about the many kinds of love you have discovered... ...( read more )
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February 18, 2009Lovely little movie about finding yourself, accepting who you are, reaching for love and being brave. Oh and Christopher Simpson wasnt hard to watch either!
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July 17, 2008
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
July 4, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
[The film] hits all the clichés of romantic literary adaptation: montage, letters read aloud in voice-over, a swelling musical score. full review
June 27, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Brick Lane is about characters who have depth and reality, who change and learn, who have genuine feelings. And it keeps on surprising us, right to the end. full review
June 26, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
A sensitive and occasionally poetic film, Brick Lane is an absorbing tale of personal empowerment and emotional growth. full review
June 20, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
To hint that a heroine might have any flaws whatsoever would be just a bit too modern for this picture. full review
June 20, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Certainly touching, even heart-rending at times, and it mostly steers clear of the didacticism and sentimentality its subject matter often invites. But it never takes the full measure of its modest he...
June 17, 2008
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
No new ground is explored, however, in this handsomely constructed film. Nazneen's story seems familiar every step of the way. full review
November 15, 2007
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
The film is full of fabrics and shimmer and embroiderings of light and colour, giving a slender story the shy blush of art. full review
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