7.3
Lolita
1962
Anita and Me (2002)
November 22, 20021h 33mEN
6.0
24 votes
Overview
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.
Director
Metin HüseyinWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Punjabi
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Starfield ProductionsEM MediaEmmiPortman FilmBBC
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CinemaSerf
6.0This is one of these gentle, tender, coming-of-age movies that raises the odd smile but is really pretty unremarkable. I can't speculate as to the degree in which it is semi-autobiographical of writer Meera Syal's own upbringing; but it centres around the story of a young British Asian girl "Meena" (Chandeep Uppal) whose family live in a town in the Midlands of England where she has to do her own growing up against a background of boredom and innate racial hostility. When the "Rutter" family move in next door, she is impressed by "Anita" (Anna Brewster) despite her being a bit rough around the…
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