X
- 1986
- R
- Orion Classics
- 1 h 37 m
- 1986
- R
- Orion Classics
- 1 h 37 m
Summary An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Directed By: Stephen Frears
Written By: Hanif Kureishi
- 1986
- R
- Orion Classics
- 1 h 37 m
- 1986
- R
- Orion Classics
- 1 h 37 m
My Beautiful Laundrette
75
6.7
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Summary An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Directed By: Stephen Frears
Written By: Hanif Kureishi
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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90% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
75
90% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
10% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi have fashioned a wonderfully fresh examination of the political and racial climate of Margaret Thatcher's Britain.
My Beautiful Laundrette is still fresh and remains a model case for creating moving, liberating cinema from an oppressive environment. It’s every bit the landmark gay film it deserves to be.
It’s the committed turn from Day-Lewis and Hanif Kureishi’s socially-astute, Oscar-nominated screenplay that manages to compensate for the film’s technical shortcomings, alongside the (then) landmark casual representation of a gay relationship on screen.
At times puzzling due to the diverse panorama of subject matter, the film nevertheless corners touchy issues more than it flinches them.
This is a uniquely plausible portrait of life in England, yet its appeal isn't limited to social realism—it also has a twist of buoyant fantasy and romance.
A movie like this lives or dies with its performances, and the actors in My Beautiful Laundrette are a fascinating group of unknowns.
My Beautiful Laundrette is quirky and fresh and ambitious and pretty much everything a movie should be, except good.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
6.7
75% Positive
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
