REVIEW | Buy the Book: Sarah Gavron's "Brick Lane"

by Elbert Ventura (June 14, 2008) [An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot .] Sarah Gavron 's " Brick Lane " is the kind of movie a critic would just as soon let pass without comment. Unchallenging and inoffensive, it gives little to work with, its soft-focus take on a rich novel less outrageous than enervating. The potential for a banalized transposition was always there. Monica Ali 's ... [link]