My Beautiful Laundrette
Starring: Daniel Day Lewis Shirley Anne Field Saeed Jaffrey Roshan Seth Gordon Warnecke
| Their Write Up | My Write Up |
| My Beautiful Laundrette follows the fortunes of handsome young Omar, who enlists the help of his English school friend, and erstwhile fascist, Johnny, to transform a dilapidated laundrette into a veritable palace. | A fun film to watch, daring in that in 1985 an Asian
and white relationship of any kind was not considered 'proper', thank god
for progress.
Bland storyline, nothing really happens, and a film that is totally engrossing, a little more male nudity would have helped the plot along and made it more realistic, the Asian girl showing her teats through a window was also a little more than was needed for the plot, though very daring at the time. Omar and Johnny kissing in an alley was fun, but then so was Johnny getting thrown out of his squat. Watch and enjoy this film for what it is, a fun little romance of the mid 1980's and try to remember what wasn't allowed at the time. |