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Hideous Kinky

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67% Tomatometer 52 Reviews 60% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Unsatisfied with her life in England, young mother Julia (Kate Winslet) relocates to Morocco with her small daughters, Lucy (Carrie Mullan) and Bea (Bella Riza). Although the family enjoys various adventures, they struggle to make ends meet. As their carefree mother relies on good fortune and new boyfriends for financial support, the girls find surrogate father figures in the kindly con artist Bilal (Saïd Taghmaoui) and the dapper European Santoni (Pierre Clémenti).
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Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader Apr 27, 2012
The fusion of dream sequences and evocative landscapes makes the characters' feverish sense of living at the edge of reality contagious. Go to Full Review Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2011
B
Kate Winslet, luscious in a brilliantly colored caftan and flushed from the heat of an African sun, makes a beautiful hippie, circa 1972, in Hideous Kinky. Go to Full Review Lisa Nesselson Variety Mar 26, 2009
Kate Winslet continues an uninterrupted line of fine performances with the modest yet affecting Hideous Kinky. Go to Full Review George Fenwick The Post NZ Aug 27, 2021
Winslet is unsurprisingly astounding in the role, which takes an interesting look at the often-privileged idealism of English people who sought enlightenment in so-called "exotic" places. Go to Full Review Maitland McDonagh TV Guide Apr 27, 2012
3/4
The film's gradual slide into a darker vision of the casual selfishness and presumption that often lay at the heart of Westerners' mind-bending journeys to the East is subtle and quietly devastating. Go to Full Review Film4 Apr 27, 2012
It presents a dull life amid colourful surroundings. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Dante H @RT77074266 Nov 20, 2025 Kate Winslett has never looked so beautiful. The film is absolutely dire. Embarassingly bad, no matter how many classic early 70s music tracks thrown into the mix. See more Simon O @RT40932208 Jul 27, 2025 False advertising. Nothing hideous. Nothing kinky. See more Scott M @RT75128960 May 4, 2024 A 23 year old dreamy looking Kate Winslet. The spectacular Moroccan cinematography. Absolutely no story whatsoever. So much potential wasted. See more Apr 16, 2024 Kate Winslet is very good here being a mother with two daughters in a foreign land abandoning her English privileged idealism With the prospect of no money and no husband she makes her way as best she can in Marrakesh 1972 finding some spiritual enlightenment Beautiful scenery and a worthy performance by Winslet herself makes a very uncompromising impression See more Dec 13, 2018 The only reason for one and a half stars was the fact that Kate Winslet starred in it!!! See more Jul 26, 2014 bleh. turned it off half way thru See more Read all reviews
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Gillies MacKinnon

Director

Kate Winslet

Julia

Said Taghmaoui

Bilal

Bella Riza

Bea

Carrie Mullan

Lucy

Pierre Clémenti

Santoni

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Synopsis Unsatisfied with her life in England, young mother Julia (Kate Winslet) relocates to Morocco with her small daughters, Lucy (Carrie Mullan) and Bea (Bella Riza). Although the family enjoys various adventures, they struggle to make ends meet. As their carefree mother relies on good fortune and new boyfriends for financial support, the girls find surrogate father figures in the kindly con artist Bilal (Saïd Taghmaoui) and the dapper European Santoni (Pierre Clémenti).
Director
Gillies MacKinnon
Producer
Ann Scott
Screenwriter
Esther Freud, Billy MacKinnon
Distributor
Stratosphere Entertainment
Production Co
L Films, Greenpoint Films, Film Consortium
Rating
R (Language|Some Sexuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 26, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2017
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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