Fresh
Kaushik is remarkable as Chanu, a role that demands he be a buffoonish, yet loving man, intelligent beneath his self-aggrandizing attitudes, oversized ambitions and determined cheerfulness.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
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Brick Lane
Overview
The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with Chanu (Kaushik). Years later, living in east London with her family, she meets a young man Karim (Simpson).
Director and cast
- Sarah Gavron Director
- Tannishtha Chatterjee as Nazneen Ahmed
- Satish Kaushik as Chanu Ahmed
- Christopher Simpson as Karim
- Naeema Begum as Rukshana 'Shahna' Ahmed
- Lana Rahman as Bibi Ahmed
- Lalita Ahmed as Mrs Islam
- Harvey Virdi as Razia
- Harsh Nayyar as Dr Azad
- Lasco Atkins as Train Customer
- Bernard Holley as News Reporter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Small, intimate and achingly modern, Brick Lane is a lovely study involving both one woman's awakening and the inevitability of cross-cultural pollination.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
Brick Lane is a grown-up movie. It recognizes that there are different kinds of love and that some of them don't involve happily-ever-afters.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh
[A] quietly observant and quite beautiful adaptation of the Monica Ali novel.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
As the plot unfolds, it becomes apparent that director Sarah Gavron also finds attractive people more sympathetic, and this is Brick Lane's undoing.
Peter Schilling, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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