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6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5

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  1. JayH.
    Jan 10, 2009
    7
    Fine drama, beautifully acted, poignant story. Well thought out direction, good screenplay, fine cinematography. It has a few slow stretches, but overall a very rewarding film.
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  2. HarrietC.
    Jul 22, 2008
    6
    Full of promise but falls short on the delivery. Beautiful story and lovely cinematography but I was waiting to be touched, deeply touched as the story had the opportunity to do. Maybe that was the intention but as a film goer I want to be swept into it all.
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Metascore
61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    80
    Beautifully acted and written so its themes are touched upon glancingly rather than with full force.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    70
    Monica Ali's elegant and critically trumpeted debut novel, Brick Lane, about the travails, conflicting emotions and quiet liberation of a Muslim woman in London, is a far lesser thing in its bigscreen transformation.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    70
    Absorbing enough, moving enough, and visually attractive enough to provide a perfectly acceptable night out at the movies.
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