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Dominican Rep. East is East
3,773
Comedy
Set in the early 1970s, follows the lives of a Pakistani-English family living in Northern England. George Khan (Om Puri), a proud Pakistani immigrant, and his British wife, Ella (Linda Bassett), run a fish and chip shop, while raising their seven children. George is determined to honor Pakistani tradition by arranging marriages for each of the children, whether they like it or not. When the Khan kids, including the nightclubbing Tariq ... [+]
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"The film has its funny moments, but those moments seem to put the characters we've been charmed by into cartoonish versions of their real lives (...) The film was a pleasure to watch for the cast alone" | ||
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"If there is a weakness in "East Is East," it's that Om Puri's character is a little too serious for the comedy surrounding him (...) This is a provocative film, useful for discussions between parents and children" | ||
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"Funny without being patronising, warm without being sentimental, and strongly characterised almost always, but not quite without recourse to parody." | ||
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"A very decent debut indeed, full of neat insights into '70s Britain, endowed with engagingly profane dialogue, and blessed with another terrific turn from Puri." |
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