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Production Year: 1999 - Drama - Director: Damien O'Donnell - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over more

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Set in the early 1970s, EAST IS EAST, directed by Damien O'Donnell, follows the lives of a Pakistani-English family living in Northern England. George Khan (Om Puri), a proud...
more...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 (Jimi Mistry), the artsy Saleem (Chris Bisson), and the shy, parka-wearing Sajid (Jordan Routledge), begin to rebel against their forceful father, their mother also joins the household mutiny. During an awkward nuptial arrangement meeting with the snobby Shahs and their two unappealing daughters, the family's conflict hits its peak with surprising results.
With his first feature film, O'Donnell convincingly recreates the 1970s setting and carefully avoids glossing over the Khan family's difficulties. Puri and Bassett are excellent as the well-meaning parents, while Routledge is particularly charming as the reclusive youngest son. A quirky comedy that doesn't shy away from tense drama, EAST IS EAST is a truly unique film.





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east is where
A review by rachael86 on East Is East DVD
May 17th, 2001


Author's product rating:   East Is East DVD - rated by rachael86

Did you enjoy it? Disliked it 
Story Very weak 
Characters / Performances Unmemorable 
Special Effects Weak 
How does it compare to similar films? Weak 

Advantages: audio discription for the visually impared .
Disadvantages: not really that good film need i go on

Recommend to potential buyers: no 

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hilarious you can almost smell the vingar said the times yea ok maybe not this wasnt at ll funny in my point of view.Ok english films some good some not well this was a not a proud pakistani man chippy owner trying bring his kids up proper in a cramped teraced house.does he not think that their would be problems what iz going on inside this mans head.The box is a lie saying hilaroious story of what happens when 2 cultures collide within one family.NO did the man who write this even watch the film i doubt it.The dvd specials would be alright if you liked the film you wouldnt mind sitting back and watching the thetracial trailor and deleated scenes and interviews with the cast and crew and the behind the scenes footage. the only good thing about the dvd was that it had audio description for the visually impaired.

So if u like the sort of u can tell its english made film this is the one for u 

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How does it compare to others by the same director? Unmemorable 
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