Brick Lane (2008)

In Chanu, it creates an indelible protagonist. He thinks he is a man of ideas. He is a man who, when it counts, is full of common sense and uncommon feeling.

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09/19/08

As long as Brick Lane remains focused on Nazneen, it succeeds admirably.

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09/19/08

... an intriguing and visually interesting film that in aggregate never escapes the genre ghetto. It is another immigration song, a glancing curiosity that never really penetrates our preconceived romantic illusions.

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09/12/08

Relative newcomer Chatterjee is a revelation as Nazneen. It's her character's predicament that holds our interest.

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08/08/08

Brick Lane, by director Sarah Gavron and Angela's Ashes screenwriter Laura Jones, is, like Mira Nair's film The Namesake, a heartfelt portrait of the new immigrant experience.

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08/08/08

The slant is feminist, but the most interesting character is not the saintly and long-suffering wife but her initially ridiculous husband (wonderfully played by Satish Kaushik).

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08/08/08

The story has many themes to contend with and sometimes accordingly becomes unfocused, but when fully controlled it’s also quite moving and surprising.

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08/07/08

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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08/01/08

Chanu, a torrent of frustration who seems to be no more happy with the union than his wife is, confronts Karim in a memorable scene that packs a spark the rest of the film lacks.

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07/24/08

Taken for what it is, Brick Lane is something entirely its own.

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07/18/08