Brick Lane

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Brick Lane

PG-13,

2008,

1h 41m,

Drama

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67%

93 Reviews

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60%

25,000+ Ratings

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60%

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25,000+ Ratings

At the age of 17, Nazneen leaves Bangladesh for an arranged marriage to an older husband in London's Brick Lane. After ten years, she has given Chanu two daughters, made him a home and trimmed the corns on his feet, but she yearns to break free. She begins an illicit affair with Karim, the dashing market trader for whom she sews jeans.

Critics Consensus

Frustratingly slow-moving, but ultimately saved by Chatterjee's solid acting and Gavron's gentle patience.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Aug 23, 2018

It's not flashy or showy and it is not going to knock your socks off, but it's a small jewel of a film: gentle, languorous, humane, and acted with the utmost sweetness.

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

Oct 18, 2008

3.5/4

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.

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Aug 1, 2008

B+

Small, intimate and achingly modern, Brick Lane is a lovely study involving both one woman's awakening and the inevitability of cross-cultural pollination.

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

Jun 1, 2020

Sarah Gavron's astonishing debut feature draws on Monica Ali's daring post-9/11 story depicting the tribulations and temptations of an unworldly young Muslin woman

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Ellie Lucas

From the Front Row

Jul 6, 2019

2.5/4

A beautifully made film with its heart in the right place, there's just not enough of that heart to go around.

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James Vance

Tulsa World

Feb 6, 2018

3/4

Though some of the journeys lead to unhappy endings, Nazneen's story offers us a resolution as satisfying as any contemporary drama has given us this year.

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Hermione L

Nov 19, 2018

AMAZING! Nazneen is an independent woman who loves herself and her sister, even though her sister is an prostitute. Nazneen is not an prostitute, altough she likes to kiss other men and cheat on her unsuspecting husband. the movie is very slow, but when her daughter runs away from home, the movie really starts getting interesting. SIke. The movie ends 10 minutes after the first exciting thing happens.

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Abraham P

Oct 10, 2017

It's a heavy heavy film, but native speakers will feel oddity when Bangla is spoken.

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Sarah Gavron

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Tannishtha Chatterjee

Nazneen Ahmed

Satish Kaushik

Chanu Ahmed

Christopher Simpson

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Synopsis

At the age of 17, Nazneen leaves Bangladesh for an arranged marriage to an older husband in London's Brick Lane. After ten years, she has given Chanu two daughters, made him a home and trimmed the corns on his feet, but she yearns to break free. She begins an illicit affair with Karim, the dashing market trader for whom she sews jeans.

Director: Sarah Gavron
Producer: Alison Owen, Chris Collins
Screenwriter: Abi Morgan, Laura Jones
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Ruby Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexuality|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Bangla
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 20, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.1M
Runtime: 1h 41m

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