Brick Lane

...well-drawn characters help make this an involving portrait of a community whose patriarchal traditions are under threat.

Brick Lane is about characters who have depth and reality, who change and learn, who have genuine feelings. And it keeps on surprising us, right to the end.

...its talent for avoiding obvious choices on all fronts,narratively and stylistically, make it worth a look.

...taken for what it is, 'Brick Lane' is something entirely its own.