Review of East Is East (1999) by Raj G — 05 Apr 2010
A bitter-sweet comedy set 1970's Salford.. It portrays life of a British non-religious mother, and the father George who is desperately trying to hold on to Pakistani and Muslim traditions and their seven children.
The children want a normal English up-bringing as they themselves are "British" but the father remains true to his Pakistani roots and tradition. The mother is torn between loyalty to her husband on one hand .
.but on the other, she wants her children to be brought up as normal British kids and to have a normal life. Towards the end George begins to realise he cannot always instill into all his children how he was brought up, e.
G. arranged marriages to girls they have never seen (and in this film they are extremely ugly!) A great performance from Om Puri who plays George. Not to be missed.
This review of East Is East (1999) was written by Raj G on 05 Apr 2010.
East Is East has generally received positive reviews.
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