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Anita and Me

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5.9/10 • 23

2002-11-221h 33m

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Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.

Directors
Metin Hüseyin
Writters
Meera Syal
Editors
Meera Syal, Annie Kocur

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  1. Chandeep Uppal

    Chandeep Uppal

    Meena Kumar

  2. Max Beesley

    Max Beesley

    Hairy Neddy

  3. Anna Brewster

    Anna Brewster

    Anita Rutter

  4. Sanjeev Bhaskar

    Sanjeev Bhaskar

    Mr. Kumar

  5. Kathy Burke

    Kathy Burke

    Mrs. Rutter

  6. Kabir Bedi

    Kabir Bedi

    Yeti

  7. Ayesha Dharker

    Ayesha Dharker

    Mrs. Daljeet Kumar

  8. Lynn Redgrave

    Lynn Redgrave

    Mrs. Omerod

  9. Alex Freeborn

    Alex Freeborn

    Sam Lowbridge

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CinemaSerf

Sep 3, 2023

6/10

This is one of these gentle, tender, coming-of-age movies that raises the odd smile but is really pretty unremarkable. I can't speculate as to the degree in which it is semi-autobiographical of writer Meera Syal's own upbringing; but it centres around the story of a young British Asian girl "Meena" (Chandeep Uppal) whose family live in a town in the Midlands of England where she has to do her own growing up against a background of boredom and innate racial hostility. When the "Rutter" family move in next door, she is impressed by "Anita" (Anna Brewster) despite her being a bit rough around the edges and we head off on a journey of sweet shops, sex and self-discovery. It has a good ensemble cast including Kathy Bates and Sanjeev Bhaskar to help keep it ticking over, but it's just too safe - not that it needs violence or bad language; but it's just a little too worthy a film to stay in the memory after it's done. It wouldn't be fair to describe it as boring; but it's not far off.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
based on novel or bookenglandculture clash1970sgrowing upworking classawakeningmidlands