Review of My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) by Louise G — 14 Mar 2006

Daniel day lewis again adapts this book so well - great British film ,.

This review of My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) was written by Louise G on 14 Mar 2006.

My Beautiful Laundrette has generally received positive reviews.

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This is a movie that I had heard about for years, and I had some vague idea of what it was about, but I wasn't ever interested in seeing it…

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By Simon D (1,648) on 04 Aug 2012

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