Dirty Pretty Things
Taste attributes: crimedramathrillerfresh & originalunsavouryheavyintricatelineargrittyenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentary
"Every dream has its price."
Boxlist takeExpect a contained, intricate crime thriller, heavy rather than light. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
An urban hotel in London is a gathering and flash point for legal and illegal immigrants attempting to cobble together their lives in a new country. The immigrants include Senay, a Turkish woman, and a Nigerian doctor named Okwe who is working as a night porter at the hotel. The pair discover the hotel is a front for all sorts of clandestine activities. Their only wish is to avoid possible deportation. Okwe becomes more entangled in the goings on when he is called to fix a toilet in one of the rooms. He discovers the plumbing has been clogged by a human heart.
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Taste Attributes
Characteristics
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Details
- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- BBC Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
