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Dirty Pretty Things

2002

Stephen Frears

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi López, Sophie Okonedo ...

6.5

4,646

Drama. Thriller Okwe, an illegal immigrant from Nigeria, is trying hard to make ends meet, using caffeine and potentially harmful stimulants to keep himself from going under. In the evening, he's a minicab driver and sometime clap doctor to the fleet. Overnight, he's the night receptionist in a seedy West London hotel, where call girls are welcomed and even rented by the staff. With no other place to live, Okwe reluctantly shares a shabby flat with ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Frears and his writer, Steve Knight, use the power of the thriller and avoid the weaknesses in giving us, really, two movies for the price of one(…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"It is an urban horror story rendered with grim intelligence by the man with the right tools for the job: the British director Stephen Frears."	POS
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"For the most part the film is an impressive mix of entertainment and social comment, spinning a great mystery even as it confronts an ugly world"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A very entertaining, intelligent thriller (...) A film with marvellous delicacy, humanity and charm (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jason Best BBC	"What lifts the film out of the generic rut, however, is its political intelligence and compassion (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Meaty, honest and touching work that reflects modern multicultural society, with Frears doing what he does most creatively: casting a fresh light on the dark corners of life (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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