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74 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • Starring: Linda Bassett, Om Puri
  • Summary: Set in England during the 1970's, a traditional Pakistani man (Om Puri) finds his family's actions are definitely taking on non-traditional qualities.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    90
    Get your titles straight -- this is the good one, and a roaring good time.
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  2. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: M. V. Moorhead
    90
    There is some meandering, episodic raggedness to the plotting, but Khan-Din's dialogue has a fine, naturalistic flow, and the young, debuting director O'Donnell, who's neither English nor Pakistani but Irish, skillfully keeps the material from showing too clearly its theatrical origins.
  3. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    60
    Plays like "The Honeymooners" might have if Ralph Kramden were from Pakistan, but with less laughs and more ignorant spite.
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