During a wave of the sudden "discovery " of Britasian writers in the mid-1980s, My Beautiful Laundrette was touted by Channel 4 as a milestone of British cinema.
It was cool to suggest this film epitomised Thatcher's Britain. While it unveiled some insights of first and second generation Britasians, much of this film seems like a taxi ride: a series of vignettes, many placed purely for shock value. It was a decade when script editors picked up writers who failed to grasp the importance of structure and craft and this film is now more of a showcase for that era of storytelling.
Nice in spots. A bumpy ride with disconnected threads. Unfortunately, Thatcher's Britain was far more organised than this movie's subtext suggests
High marks for effort. Especially from the lead actors. They carried the move from one bemused stop to another.
It was cool to suggest this film epitomised Thatcher's Britain. While it unveiled some insights of first and second generation Britasians, much of this film seems like a taxi ride: a series of vignettes, many placed purely for shock value. It was a decade when script editors picked up writers who failed to grasp the importance of structure and craft and this film is now more of a showcase for that era of storytelling.
Nice in spots. A bumpy ride with disconnected threads. Unfortunately, Thatcher's Britain was far more organised than this movie's subtext suggests
High marks for effort. Especially from the lead actors. They carried the move from one bemused stop to another.