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Release Date: 03 June, 2003 Retail Price: $14.95 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.96! Cast: Complete Cast (8 total) |
My Beautiful Laundrette Reviews
Following the traces of Werner Fassbinder!
Stephen Frears paid a felt tribute in Fassbinder' s memory through this picture. This launderette is an authentic micro cosmos that allowed to join two well opposite personalities so different in attitudes and particular ambitions.
Somehow S.F. continues exploring the advanced roads initiated by his predecessor; and even Frears lacks of the human touch that became a true landmark in Rainer, he achieves a mature film that focuses and handles the complex ambiguity of this couple in London.
Daniel Day Lewis Gets Discovered
Before My Beautiful Launderette, Daniel Day Lewis was a nobody. Afterwards, he was a force to contend with (four years later he would be an Oscar winner).
Omar (Saeed Jaffrey) is an unemployed guy who lives with his dad in a council flat in Lambeth. But he wants to be more like his wealthy Uncle Nasar. Uncle gives him a start by offering him a job to manage a Laundromat. But this Laundromat is a dump and there is a string attached, Omar must date his cousin.
To make some extra money, Omar delivers drugs for another cousin. Omar decides to spruce the Laundromat up and enlists his friend Johnny (DDL). Johnny comes up with an idea of skimming some of the drugs to fund the upgrades. They reopen the luxury Laundromat and it is a hit.
The problem with dating his cousin is that Omar is in love with someone else, Johnny. This is deftly handled and it hits you from the blindside.
This film is great from many different directions. It shows insight into the Pakistani culture and the poor of London in the early 80's.
This is a great performance by Daniel Day Lewis and everyone should see it!
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