Brick Lane

Out soon, just saw the trailer, looks shit. Anyone excited about seeing it?

It's going to be piss poor.

I'll watch it.

I don't know anyone that managed to get through the book without thinking it was crap.

What's so bad about it? I've not read it.

Work colleague went to see it last week and said that it was alright. Damned by faint praise if you ask me.

I haven't read the book, so I don't know how good an adaptation it is, but I really liked the film. It's rather low key, very atmospheric and not the polemical TV-style movie I was expecting. It reminded me of Sophia Coppola's work in that it is more about characters and mood than about plot and considering most of it took place on a council estate, it was beautifully shot. I really liked the way the characters developed, especially the husband Chani, who starts out like a Dickensian buffoon and who despite his flaws becomes a more complex, even admirable character as the film progresses.

Reno said:

it was beautifully shot. I really liked the way the characters developed, especially the husband Chani, who starts out like a Dickensian buffoon and who despite his flaws becomes a more complex, even admirable character as the film progresses.

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a bit too beautiful, i think most of the men in the audience will want to take Tannishtha Chatterjee home with them. It could've done with a bit more fleshing out of the issues although the subtle mood changes were well done.

I went to see it this afternoon at the Rio and it was great, imo. Glad that Reno suggested going cos it was well worth it, it is a great character-based drama that grips your attention, Nazneen is superb and her husband and daughter complement her, its oppressive (which it should be) and expressive. And i had a lump in my throat by the end of it too

Not as good as the book and the book was at least 100 pages too long.