Fresh
It's Daniel Day Lewis, taut, intelligent, erotic, who is an emerging star.
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
My Beautiful Laundrette
A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
1985 · 1h 38m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Stephen Frears
Overview
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fast, bold, harsh and primitive like a prodigious student film with equal parts promise and threat.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
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
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
This new British picture raises enough issues for a half-dozen more conventional movies. And though this approach makes for a structure that's a little shaky, the film somehow holds together.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi are better at depicting a new milieu than in making an important or innovative statement.
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
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