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    Dirty Pretty Things

    Dirty Pretty ThingsDirector: Stephen Frears
    Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Kriss Dosanjh, Israel Aduramo
    Studio: Miramax Films
    Category: DVD

    List Price: $14.99
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    Seller: scannerama18
    Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 122 reviews
    Sales Rank: 10074

    Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC
    Language: English (Original Language)
    Rating: R (Restricted)
    Region: 1
    Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
    Number Of Discs: 1
    Running Time: 97 Minutes
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
    Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6

    MPN: DISD33187D
    UPC: 786936232073
    EAN: 0786936232073
    ASIN: B00018D3LE

    Theatrical Release Date: 2002
    Release Date: March 23, 2004
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Amazon.com
    The luminous Audrey Tautou (Amelie) stars in Dirty Pretty Things, a riveting thriller about an illegal immigrant in London named Okwe (Chiwetal Ejiofor, Amistad), a doctor in his homeland who now works days as a taxi driver and nights as a hotel desk clerk. When a hooker tells him there's a mess in one of the hotel's bathrooms, Okwe finds a human heart in the toilet. He soon discovers a snare of desperation, poverty, and black-market body organs--and finds that his only friend, a Turkish hotel maid (Tautou), may be the next to be caught. Dirty Pretty Things, skillfully directed by Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, Dangerous Liaisons, My Beautiful Laundrette), fuses taut suspense with an unsettling portrait of life among the British underclass of immigrant service workers. Thanks to the excellent cast and script, the movie makes its social points subtly, while the gripping story coils itself around you. --Bret Fetzer

    Product Description
    SENAY IS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WORKING AS A CHAMBERMAID IN A SEEDY LONDON HOTEL. ONE NIGHT SHE & OKWE, THE NIGHT PORTER, DISCOVER A HUMAN KIDNEY IN ONE OF THE ROOMS. THE DISCOVERY REVEALS THE SHADY TRUTH BEHIND THE HOTELS' CLIENTELE & THE HOTEL'S NIGHT MANAGER.


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    5 out of 5 stars " Mission Impossible " for grown-ups   August 7, 2009
    Philip J. Herman (NYC area)
    2 out of 2 found this review helpful

    I only rented this movie because of Audrey Tautou; turns out she is not the star. The MOVIE itself is the star.
    After about 45 minutes of pure interesting enjoyment, I realized that so far there was no plot. Then, almost miraculously, a plot developed believably through the characters. Events resolve realistically and satisfactorily. Since the plight of illegal immigrants is shown in an almost documentary style as part of the storyline, the movie avoids being preachy. The main character is wholesome and dynamic while being humanly frail ( played by Chiwetel Ejiofor ). I call it " Mission Impossible " for grown-ups because a small group of friends pool their resources and accomplish something amazing and dangerous and they get away with it. They don't save the world, they just save themselves.



    5 out of 5 stars Runaway Train   July 20, 2009
    nurwho (California)
    2 out of 2 found this review helpful

    Like a runaway train this movie starts out slow but boy does it pick up steam all the way to the very end. Enough twist and turns to keep you off balance and guessing.


    4 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars out of 4   December 18, 2008
    One-Line Film Reviews (Easton, MD)
    0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    The Bottom Line:

    A searing and caustic look at London's underworld, Dirty Pretty Things follows a cast of foreign characters led by a wonderful Chiwetel Ejiofor in a plot revolving around exploitation and illegal organ transplant; it's well-acted and well worth your time.



    5 out of 5 stars Very different type of thriller   December 8, 2008
    R. Kyle (USA)
    2 out of 2 found this review helpful

    This is not your ordinary cops and robbers story. The protagonist Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is an illegal Nigerian immigrant in London who discovered a human heart blocking the toilet in the hotel where he works. He's a hard-working man who drives a taxi in the day and works in a hotel at night. He rents the couch of a Turkish girl, Senay (Audrey Tautou).

    He reports the heart to his boss, who refuses to report the incident and advises the man that the hotel business is about strangers who will always surprise them. "It's our job to make everything pretty in the morning."

    Okwe cannot speak to the police, but he cannot let the incident go either.

    "Dirty Pretty Things" gives us a view of the seedier side of London. This is definitely a thinking person's mystery with a different and fascinating story. Kept me watching all the way through.

    Rebecca Kyle, December 2008






    4 out of 5 stars Dirty Pretty Things makes the world smaller   November 24, 2008
    R. Lynne (Portland, OR)
    Dirty Pretty Things is a great movie, with a strong message about how small the world is and makes one think twice about their purchases. Did someone have to endure working in a sweatshop to make my clothes? It opened my eyes about the world around me and through this movie the invisible (workers, and silent ideology) become visible and audible.


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