Anita & Me (2002)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2
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Release Date: Nov 22, 2002 Wide
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Directed by Metin Huseyin, Anita & Me follows the development of a cross-cultural friendship between 12-year-old Indian immigrant Meena (Chandeep Uppal) and her 14-year-old British neighbor, Anita (Anna Brewster). An aspiring writer, Meena (Uppal) writes down all the challenges of her new life in great detail, from her parents insistence that she focus solely on her studies, to the vast cultural differences between Britain and India. The most notable subject, however, is the comfort she finds
Nov 22, 2002 Wide
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Cast
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Kabir Bedi
Yeti -
Max Beesley
Rocker -
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Meena's father -
Anna Brewster
Anita Rutter -
Kathy Burke
Anita's mother -
Ayesha Dharker
Meena's mother -
Omid Djalili
Meena's uncle -
Alex Freeborn
Sam Lowbridge -
Lynn Redgrave
Shopkeeper -
Zohra Segal
Meena's grandma -
Meera Syal
Meena's aunt -
Chandeep Uppal
Meena Kumar -
Mark Williams
Vicar -
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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (2) | DVD (5)
Enjoyable and funny, but there's not that much to it.
There's good support too, especially from Kathy Burke, who steals the film with a short, under-stated burst of classy acting in a key scene ...
A sweet chapter in the life of a young girl battling to identify with her roots and environment, although it never reaches the heights that Bend It Like Beckham achieves.
There's nothing for us to buy into here, and impatience sets in pretty quick. On a fundamental level, it's hard to understand just how Syal hopes for us to identify with her protagonist.
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1 got hilarious comedy accents.
2 got hilarious 70s fashions.
3 got "affectionate" racial stereotypes.
4 got an utterly predictable script.
5 shite. Sorry, I mean "shoyt".