Synopsis
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
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Cast
- Om PuriGeorge Khan
- Linda BassettElla Khan
- Ian AspinallNazir Khan
- Jimi MistryTariq Khan
- Archie PanjabiMeenah Khan
- Jordan RoutledgeSajid Khan
- Chris BissonSaleem Khan
- Lesley NicolAuntie Annie
- Emil MarwaManeer Khan
- Raji JamesAbdul Khan
Recommendations
- 90
Rolling Stone
Get your titles straight -- this is the good one, and a roaring good time. - 90
Dallas Observer
There is some meandering, episodic raggedness to the plotting, but Khan-Din's dialogue has a fine, naturalistic flow, and the young, debuting director O'Donnell, who's neither English nor Pakistani but Irish, skillfully keeps the material from showing too clearly its theatrical origins. - 88
Charlotte Observer
Examines Muslim family's religious warfare. - 80
Village Voice
Largely a showcase for Puri, and he rises to the occasion with a performance that bursts from the screen and tears into your heart. - 75
Boston Globe
This engaging ensemble comedy that could have been called ''Father Doesn't Know Best.'' - 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bounces between funny and chilling. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Above all a man's confrontation with self in middle-age and his need to accept the fact that his children, beyond their mixed ancestry, are after all native-born English citizens. - 50
Baltimore Sun
Unwisely bills itself as a comedy.
