Absolutely brilliant. Will make you laugh and cry at the same time!

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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Absolutely brilliant. Will make you laugh and cry at the same time!

A review by lioncub on East Is East DVD
October 30th, 2000

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Story	Outstanding
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Standard
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This has to be one of the best films his year when it comes round to all-round-family entertainment.
You can watch this film over and over, and will still end up talking about it over dinner time and time again (and who can forget the parker jacket kid!)
Although it is actually quite a sad story, the film has you in stitches, and there are certain scenes which you cant help but share with everyone you know, whether they have seen the film or not. Definitely a watch-more-than-once type of film.