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Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

December. 20,2002
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7.3
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R
| Drama Thriller Crime
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An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.

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CrawlerChunky
2002/12/20

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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ThedevilChoose
2002/12/21

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Hattie
2002/12/22

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

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Darin
2002/12/23

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

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andreolimarco
2002/12/24

"Dirty Pretty Things" is sometimes sold also as a thriller film, actually it is an impressive drama, well written and directed.The story is about an irregular immigrant doctor from Nigeria who lives in London and leads a double life: during the day he is a driver while by night he works in the front desk of a hotel, managed by a slimy Spanish man.One night he discovers a human heart stuck in the toilet in a room of the hotel. Since that moment he is obsessed with that discovery and tries to understand why the heart was there. The film shows what poor people face to live a respectable life, especially in a big city like London, how they agree to a compromise to be happy.Without any doubt, Chiwetel Ejiofor is a great actor, his gaze is pained and plays extraordinarily his role, perfectly identified in the character's suffering. Sergi Lopez also deserves a mention, creepy and slimy. In the cast there are also Audrey Tautou as a Turkish immigrant who illegally works in the hotel as maid and Sophie Okonedo who is a prostitute.

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codryxstudios
2002/12/25

Well, the movie wasn't as great as I expected it to be.Firstly, the acting was done well enough, but the quality of the sound was horrible, the soundtrack was also slightly disappointing, and the voice acting was...I'd say the very least, mediocre. Overall, the story lacked quite a lot, seeing as there are many things they could have added to the story itself, instead of it being a highly predictive movie where the two main characters just escape as expected from the start.They also lacked any form of passion for the movie by adding a horrible soundtrack that really didn't match the theme of the movie, nor did it really give higher expectations.So, that said. The voice acting being horribly done, the soundtrack lacking in performance, and the story not really being that highly compelling to the viewer. I give it a 4 out 10.

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Krisstian Olsen
2002/12/26

This movie is about a nigerian immigrant called Okwi. Okwi is struggling to survive in the undergrounds of London. He works in a hotel as a receptionist. He does also work as a doctor.On to the review: This movie is the worst movie I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot of movies, a lot of differents genres. But if you want to waste one and a half hour of your life, or even 1 hour and 37 minutes, feel free. English language in this movie is genuinely horrible. If you don'twatch the movie with subtitles, you will not understand very much. The Indian actors can't speak English very well. That was my review. Please do not watch this movie!!

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Per Enok Johansen
2002/12/27

Summary of the plot; The main character in this movie is called Okwe;, and is an illegal immigrant, whose origins are unknown for most of the movie. We later find out that he has been fleeing from his home country, and his real identity because he was prosecuted for a murder he did not do. The story revolves around the conflict between him, his past, and his employer, Juan, a hotel manager. I found the acting convincing, if a little stiff in places. Mostly fluid & believable. The script also seems to be well written, and the actors perform their parts in tune with the overall story. The shots were fairly basic most of the time, but there were a few noteworthy angles they had taken, which I found gave an interesting perspective.

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