Review of My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) by Lady A — 20 Feb 2007

Very painful story-wise, but again pretty much anything w/ Daniel Day-Lewis in it, (except The Crucible, gag!) is always great! Saeed Jaffrey is also so charismatic. Very very worthwhile movie to watch!

This review of My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) was written by Lady A on 20 Feb 2007.

My Beautiful Laundrette has generally received positive reviews.

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