Anyone that has seen to the trailer to this film will be expecting something rather funny. Having seen the film, I have to say that I was disappointed.
All of the funny bits are on the trailer, the rest is rather serious, which wasn't what i rented this film for!
It's set in Salford in the 1970's. An Asian family's eldest son is about to go through an arranged marriage, but he runs away at the last moment. The father disowns him. The rest of the film is about the various children (mostly played by UK soap actors!) disobeying their father when he's not around.
The film gets quite serious in parts, such as when the father attacks one of his children, then his wife. I really wasn't expecting this, and certainly didn't find it funny.
I thought that the humour might return when the father tried to marry off two of his other sons, but unfortunatley the scene was full of tension rather than laughs.
I'm not saying this was a bad film, it's just that i rented it expecting comedy, and that wasn't what I got, so I was left ultimately disappointed.
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