My Beautiful Laundrette

Prooptiki | Release Date: April 4, 1986

6.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Ratings

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DawdlingPoetNov 25, 2021

This is a good film of its time, depicting a bleak picture for Indian immigrants in London, trying to fit in, in the big city. Its obviously set in the 1980s, when it was very much Thatchers Britain. The dialogue is quite frank at times, withThis is a good film of its time, depicting a bleak picture for Indian immigrants in London, trying to fit in, in the big city. Its obviously set in the 1980s, when it was very much Thatchers Britain. The dialogue is quite frank at times, with racial slurs made by a local group of layabouts. It was certainly interesting to see Daniel Day-Lewis in one of his earlier roles - I'm not sure I would have recognised him, if I hadn't read up about the cast beforehand. There's some good dialogue present in the script, one line that particularly comes to mind being when the launderettes manager, the father, responds to someone saying 'I am a businessman, not a professional Pakistani!'.

This is no big Hollywood type film at all - neither should it be but as a piece of social commentary its pretty effective. Yes I'd recommend it.… Expand

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NickTheCritickNov 22, 2022

The young Pakistani Omar convinces his uncle Nasser to entrust him with a laundromat that he would like to run together with Johnny, with whom he is in love. This is just the beginning of a long series of vicissitudes. A great film with greatThe young Pakistani Omar convinces his uncle Nasser to entrust him with a laundromat that he would like to run together with Johnny, with whom he is in love. This is just the beginning of a long series of vicissitudes. A great film with great direction and above all with a great Daniel Day Lewis.… Expand

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