| East Is East Review |
| by Murali Krishnan |
| The immigrant experience can be difficult for families where the
parents adhere to the customs of one culture, while raising their
children amidst another. This film is an exploration of this conflict,
with the additional complication that the children...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| East Is East (1999) 3 stars out of 4. Starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett,
Ian Aspinall, Jimi Mistry, Raji James, Emil Marwa, Chris Basson, Archie
Panjabi and Jordan Routledge. Directed by Damien O'Donnell. Written by
Ayub Khan Din. Music by Deborah...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: An outwardly ideal Pakistani
family living in London is in fact having
troubles inside due to a father who takes a very
fundamentalist view of Islam and his authority
over his family. The...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Frankie Paiva |
| rated R
96 minutes
Miramax Films
starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry, Raji James, and Jordan Routledge
written by Ayub Khan-Din from his play
directed by Damien O'Donnell more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Frankie Paiva |
| rated R
96 minutes
Miramax Films
starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry, Raji James, and Jordan Routledge
written by Ayub Khan-Din from his play
directed by Damien O'Donnell more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Jonathan F Richards |
| When English mother Ella Khan (Linda Bassett) calls her offspring, it's
Meena, Saleem, Maneer, Nazir, Tariq, Sajid, and Abdul. When she calls
her husband, it's George. This is not the least of the ironies in which
this sometimes probing, sometimes...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "EAST IS EAST" (Miramax Films)
Based by Ayub Khan-Din on his semi-autobiographical play, "East
is East" revolves around a large Anglo-Pakistani family living in the
working-class town of Salford, near Manchester, in a...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| There have been countless films about cross-cultural clashes in small villages
or cities. We have seen everything from "La Cage Aux Folles" to just about
every variation on the big city life of Italians mixing with Latinos from "West
Side Story" and...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| When the father of two would-be brides compliments George Khan (Om Puri
from MY SON THE FANATIC) on his having six beautiful sons, George
immediately sets the record straight. He has only five sons, now since
one is dead. Actually, the supposedly dead...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Children rebelling against strict parents is common comedic fodder on
television and the big screen, so it's a tribute to the makers of this
British comedy that an idea as familiar as that is made fresh. Part of
that has to do with the point of view,...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Chuck Schwartz |
| East is East
Rated [R], 96 minutes
Starring Om Puri and Linda Bassett
Screenplay by Ayub Khan-Din, based on his play
Directed by Damien O'Donnell
website: www.miramax.com more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Oh, great - it’s another movie about a mother from the U.K. trying to
cope with a bunch of kids. Hot on the heels of Agnes Browne and
Angela’s Ashes comes East is East, an award-winning play-turned-film
about a family that pisses in pots and bathes in a...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Miramax Pictures
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Writer: Ayub Khan-Din (play as well)
Cast: Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie
Panjabi, Emil Marwa, Chris Bisson, Jimi Mistry, Raji James
Ian Aspinall, Lesley Nicol,...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by David Gardiner |
| In Damien O'Donnell's "East is East", a screen version of Ayub Khan-Din's
stage play, Linda Bassett plays the white English wife of a Pakistani
immigrant (Om Puri) to 1970's Salford. Written by an Asian, it is
essentially a situation comedy dealing with...more |
| East Is East Review |
| by Gary Jones |
| Set in 1971 in Salford, East is East concerns the mixed race Khan family
in which George, the Muslim father of the family, struggles to maintain
the traditions of his native Pakistan while running a fish and chip shop
with Ella, his English wife....more |
