Dirty Pretty Things

It's a great story. I won't talk much about why it is great. If you see it,u would probably feel the same. I ain't refugee or illegal immigrant. However,I still find I 'm lost in this foreign country. Living in a... Full review

This thriller, gripping showcase of what it's like to be an illegegal alien in London told in a splended yet harsh story. The main charchter is someone you can't help but grow to be fond of and want the underdogs to... Full review

Excellent story with great suspense. The movie is based loosely on events that happens in reality in many countries. Great movie and you won't know the outcome until the end.... Full review

This is a great movie - a far cry from your typical shallow American no-story lots of visual effects picture. Also a very realistic story-line. I would recommend it to anyone who appreciates "foreign flicks".... Full review

This is one those rare films where we forgive a somewhat predictable narrative in deference to the richness of the characters and the moral message of the movie. In the story, Okwe (Chjwetel Ejiofor) is a Nigerian immigrant living illegally in... Full review

I suppose it is a 'little film' only in the sense that you don't see 100 people blown away it in, and you don't hear effin' this and effin' that all the way through it...its an intelligent film that explores the... Full review

What a pleasant surprise. We rented this solely because of a two thumbs up from ebert/roeper. It was as advertised a definite thumbs up. The gritty survival world of the London illegal immigrants and the love stroy thrown in for good... Full review

I thought it was a gripping movie, great acting, I really enjoyed it.I thought the graphics could of been slightly better but overall it was good... Full review

Once you watch the few minutes of the beginning of the film regarding the discovery of a human heart in the toilet in a hotel room, the movie really grip you. The movie not just about the thrill, it also describes... Full review

This movie is shallow, skin-deep and flat-out flimsy. The only reason it got such good ratings is that people wanted to like it on account of Amelie. It could've been something but it never builds up to it's potential. A straight... Full review

DIRTY PRETTY THINGS requires nerves of steel and a fair bit of intestinal fortitude. If there's a flaw in the script by Steve Knight, it's putting that idea into painfully prosaic and unnecessary dialogue. ... Full Review

But Dirty Pretty Things (not a title I would have chosen) is an excellent film, as well as an important one, combining the outer story with an inner, emotional one. The hotel business is about strangers, says Sergi Lopez Sneaky; at night they do dirty things and in the morning things are made pretty again. ... Full Review

But ever since I saw him in Stephen Frears' Dirty Pretty Things , I've been trying to tell people that this guy is phenomenal. Ejiofor is better than most of the white actors out there, too. The problem is that damned name: Chiwetel Ejiofor. ... Full Review

The cast is packed with a-list talent and each actor gets their due. The tedium of the stand-off between the police and the robbers is felt all too well as we are subject to scene after scene of the robbers doing something (although what it is they are doing is not exactly clear), and the police trying to decipher the cryptic behavior. ... Full Review

Also worth mentioning is Sergi Lopez who nearly corners the market on smarm playing Sneaky. The story is sometimes harrowing ... Full Review

Carl Barat has revealed that he is hoping to star in two plays early next year. The ex-Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things frontman did not give any further details about either project, but said that the shows are likely to... ... Full Article

Carl Barat has reportedly revealed plans for an upcoming solo album. The former Dirty Pretty Things and Libertines guitarist is currently demoing material earmarked for a future record, according to NME . ... Full Article

Mark Ronson has admitted that he did not think 'Rehab', his collaboration with Amy Winehouse, would become a hit single. In an interview with The Times , the producer said: "Doing Back To Black with Amy, we felt no pressure... ... Full Article

Is anyone out there from Andorra? Djibouti? Myanmar ? Alex Horne and Owen Powell would like to hear from you. These two intrepid supergeeks have given themselves a year to meet someone in London from all 192 countries recognised by... ... Full Article

by Brian Hickey | Published September 10, 2007 Steven Knights screenplays are windows into the places that normally cannot be afforded windows. His Oscar-nominated script for 2002s Dirty Pretty Things showed us the life of immigrants in London, as well... ... Full Article

Studio/Running Time: Miramax, 97 mins. Although the latest film from Stephen Frears ( High Fidelity , Dirty Pretty Things ) is called The Queen , it chronicles the days after Princess Diana's fatal car crash and has nearly as much... ... Full Article