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Brick Lane [2007]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5055201802262
Label : Optimum Home Entertainment
Manufacturer : Optimum Home Entertainment
Publisher : Optimum Home Entertainment
Release date : 2008-03-10
Title : Brick Lane [2007]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 15 years and over
Format : PAL
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2007-01-01
Region code : 2
Running time : 98
Studio : Optimum Home Entertainment
Theatrical releaseDate : 2007

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-11-29 rating:

beautiful
A beautiful film. Haunting music and gentle acting. Only problem - seemed Nazeem was much younger than she was supposed to be. I shall now read the book.

review by: date: 2008-10-08 rating:

Slightly disappointed
Having read and enjoyed the book, I was slightly disappointed in that I felt the treatment was too downbeat, particularly when we are introduced to the London setting. I also felt that some distinctions were too sharply drawn. Yes, past life on the sub-continent should be portrayed as idyllic, but the husband came across as "too wrong" (even though, if my arm were twisted, I would choose his as the best performance). Where were the nuances (like seeing Torville and Dean on TV and being excited by the shortness of attire)? I feel like I need to read the novel again, to see if I was mistaken (good move, in any case). Reviewers have commented generically on the acting, but I would commend the two children as well as the adults; and a word about the excellent ethnic theme and background music.

review by: date: 2008-08-22 rating:

Cheating Bangladeshi Wife
"Brick Lane" is a quality drama set in a Bangladeshi community in a council estate in East London. An attractive but submissive wife lives with her overweight, iconoclastic husband and her two daughters and reminisces about happier days in Bangladesh before having an affair with a dashing young Muslim militant for whom she makes clothes alterations as a means of supplementing the family income. After longing to return to Bangladesh and be reunited with her beloved sister, she comes to appreciate the qualities of her humble London home and becomes reluctant to join her husband on the plane back to Dhakar."Brick Lane" is well acted and filmed and is an entertaining and often absorbing tale of life among immigrant folk.

review by: date: 2008-08-02 rating:

FANTASTIC FILM.....A MUST WATCH
Really..really...really fantastic film. It shows how many women from Pakistan and Bangladesh living in the UK were promised of manythings, but in reality under the Pakistani & Bangladeshi culture they face very hard life under married life.

Its a great film, you must buy it and watch it, it will open your eyes and bring the truth home.

review by: date: 2008-06-11 rating:

Perfect companion for the book.
When a novel is adapted for the screen it is almost always the case that book-fans will vent their disappointments. However, having enjoyed the book, I feel the film is a fantastic companion to the Monica Ali's novel. As a couple of reviewers point out, there is a lot missing in the film from the novel, and as a result I would recommend reading the book first, as it helps to give further depths to the characters in the film. Yet with the understanding gained from reading the book, the film is deeply moving and the characters of Nazneen and Chapu, in particular, are brilliantly illustrated. If you are a fan of the book, do not hestitate to watch this film.

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