A Rather English Marriage DVD

Advantages: Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney work so well together
Disadvantages: Slightly depressing...and too long!

...This is the first ime 'Two for the Road' has been released on DVD- and it is about time, for many Audrey Hpeburn fans have been waiting tor it to appear on the DVD market. Filmed in 1966 by Stanley Donen, who also filmed the Hepburn classic 'Charade', the film marks somewhat of a comeback for Hepburn, having taken a few years out for the birth of her children. Here we see her teamed with Albert Finney- a fine English actor. The pairing is a brilliant one, they work so well together, firstly playing a couple in love, and later on a couple going through marriage troubles. The story is a complex one with changes in time frame, but simply it tells the story of Joanna (Hepburn) and Mark (Finney). Their story charts their initial meeting on the road in Europe, to their subsequent trips around Europe, their infidelities and parenthood. What... Read review

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...Life in Salford back in 1971 was never easy, and it certainly isn't easy for George Khan the local fish and chip shop owner. He's been in England since the 1950's and is married to a Ella, English woman but he has tried to bring his family up to be respectful of their Pakistani background. The film deals with how the father of the family desperately wants his children to be brought up as Pakistani's even though they consider themselves English. The fact is brought home when his eldest son rejects the marriage that has been arranged for him at the last moment. It is a very enjoyable film, I don't know how often you would want to go back and watch it again, but it certain is an enlightening film, which does gentle touch on the themes racism in the north of England in the early 1970s.... Read review

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Advantages: a comment on social problems of our time but funny too
Disadvantages: not long enough

...What makes this such a great film is that whilst offering some great comedy moments it also covers some pretty serious issues, that will get the audience thinking while they watch. Arranged marriages, split national loyalties, peer pressure, homosexuality, circumcision, it’s all here in a tiny terrace in Salford 1971. Proud Pakistani, George Khan is a chip-shop owner married to an English woman, mother to his children. He is also a devout muslim with Pakistan at his heart and tries to rule his family with a rod of iron, however "bloody kids, never give me no respect". The kids want to be normal English kids growing up in a crowded Lancashire terrace. George wants them to grow up as Pakistanis and devout Muslims. Two cultures colliding, one family, great hilarity.... Read review

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