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Bookmark this pageDirty Pretty Things (2002)
Director: Stephen Frears
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A sympathetic, engaging and politically astute slice of modern urban realism, set in the twilight world of London's community of recent immigrants and asylum seekers, and directed with Frears' habitual professionalism and sensitivity. Fine, anchoring performances include Ejiofor as the 'virtuous' insomniac Nigerian hotel night porter who time-shares a bed with Turkish cleaner Tautou, and Lopez as the smug and very shifty head porter. Frears' realisation of milieu - high street cab offices, hospital back corridors and cheap rental rooms - is as acute as his eye and ear for the minutiae of character and social interaction. If there's a problem it lies in Steven Knight's script. The dialogue is occasionally stiff and banal and the thriller format increasingly lays a deadhand on the proceedings.Author: WH
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- Nkoyo said...
- Posted on Aug 10 2009 14:30 The comment youI really enjoyed the film, it seemed a bit dull at first but the characters and story drew me in. My only criticism is the fact that Okwe was potrayed to be Yoruba, when in fact Okwe is not a Yoruba name at all. More like Igbo or South eastern Nigerian. Still didnt reduce my enjoyment, and anyways a movie about a Nigerian but shot by a foriegner wouldnt get everything right.
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- yeh said...
- Posted on Apr 12 2008 15:02 its great...very suspensful...alot of drama and its unique
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- ze said...
- Posted on Feb 17 2008 12:51 awesome film, touching, honest and brilliantly portrayed
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Cast & crew
Director: Stephen Frears
Producer: Tracey Seaward, Robert Jones
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Wong, Zlatko Buric, Kriss Dosanjh, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Rated: 15
Duration: 97 mins
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