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Originally Posted by Deckard
East is East (1999) [COLOR=blue]Link[/COLOR]
Chip shop owner George Khan is a proud Pakistani married to an English woman who is attempting to bring up his seven children as good Muslims. However, after his eldest son flees an arranged marriage, the cracks in the behaviour of the others begin to show, and family strife breaks out. Surprisingly funny and poignant.
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I didn't enjoy this for the simple reason that had been told it was 'really funny' when it turned out to be more 'mildly harrowing'. Not saying it's not a good film, I just went into it with completely the wrong expectations and didn't enjoy it as a consequence.
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Originally Posted by Deckard
Human Traffic (1999) [COLOR=#0000ff]Link[/COLOR]
Five UK youths with various anxieties await the weekend - a 48 hour bingeing and purgeing session involving drink, class A drugs, dancing, shagging, and bangin' choons. But it's not all roses - they're getting older, and the scene just isn't the way it used to be. Or is it? Maybe it's them that have changed. I've seen this called 'the Welsh Trainspotting' but I'd have to disagree. 
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Whereas I simply out-and-out hated this. If you're the kind of person who thinks that doing drugs is really really cool, maybe you'll enjoy this. It's one thing to be off your tits and saying to your mate (who is also of his/her tits) 'do I look fucked?' yet quite another to watch a pair of cunts acting out this vapid exchange on screen. I thought The Lakes was one of the best drama series ever made but Human Traffic made me believe that John Simm is in fact a cunt.
Why is it called 'the Welsh Trainspotting'? Because it's got Howard Marks in it (briefly)?