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East Is East (2000)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   N/A Source Brief Review Boxoffice Magazine "...does justice to a difficult subject." more... E! Online (grade: B) "Gritty and funny, the film hits hard and never lets up." more... Evening Standard (2 out of 3 stars) "Fresh, frank, impudent and self-mocking, it marks a giant leap over the threshold of multicultural casting and ethnic British cinema." more... Film Journal International "What is important about 'East Is East' is the high quotient of cinematic energy it creates -- thanks to the remarkable natural gifts of its director, Damien O'Donnell, who has never before helmed a feature-length film." more... iF Magazine (grade: C) "...O'Donnell's good sense of humor and pace moves along pretty quickly. But when he downshifts into drama the film really loses momentum not only because it feels a bit heavy-handed but because as a director he doesn’t quite have the wherewithal to pull off a real dramatic punch." more... inside out film (4 out of 5 stars) "The comedy is sharp, the acting excellent, the racial harmony likely to splinter as suddenly as family solidarity." more... James Berardinelli (3 out of 4 stars) "'East Is East' ponders a lot of questions, and, as with all well made motion pictures, doesn't offer simple, cut-and-dried answers for any of them." more... Movie Bodega (2.5 out of 4 stars) "East Is East may not be the most satisfying film of the year, but it may very well be the most surprising." more... Orlando Weekly Movies (4 out of 5 stars) " 'East Is East,' the bright, hilariously coarse comedy that gained plaudits at Cannes and turned into a major hit in Britain, is a movie that relies heavily upon classic conflicts, some more serious than others." more... Reel.com "O'Donnell, in his feature film debut, shows impressive directorial talent. Not only does he extract uniformly fine performances from his large cast, but he matches the verbal wit of Din's screenplay with slapstick energy." more... Roger Ebert (3 stars) "If there is a weakness in 'East Is East,' it's that Om Puri's character is a little too serious for the comedy surrounding him." more... Search the Movie Review Query Engine more... * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)