Anita and Me
Meena is a twelve-year-old girl living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972. She is the daughter of Indian parents who migrated to England in search of a better life for her. Her seemingly tranquil world is disturbed by the arrival of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family in the village.
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Metin Hüseyin
Zoe Morgan
Max Keene
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This is one of these gentle, tender, coming-of-age movies that raises the odd smile but is really pretty unremarkable. I can't speculate as to the degree in which it is semi-autobiographical of writer Meera Syal's own upbringing; but it centres around the story of a young British Asian girl "Meena" (Chandeep Uppal) whose family live in a town in the Midlands of England where she has to do her own growing up against a background of boredom and innate racial hostility. When the "Rutter" family move in next door, she is impressed by "Anita" (Anna Brewster) despite her being a bit rough around the edges and we head off on a journey of sweet shops, sex and self-discovery. It has a good ensemble cast including Kathy Bates and Sanjeev Bhaskar to help keep it ticking over, but it's just too safe - not that it needs violence or bad language; but it's just a little too worthy a film to stay in the memory after it's done. It wouldn't be fair to describe it as boring; but it's not far off.
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The directors of Anita and Me are Metin Hüseyin, Zoe Morgan, and Max Keene.
The cast of Anita and Me includes Kabir Bedi as Yeti, Omid Djalili as Uncle Amman, Kathy Burke as Mrs. Diedre Rutter / Mrs. Rutter, Christine Tremarco as Sandy, Lynn Redgrave as Mrs. Omerod, Meera Syal as Auntie Shaila, Max Beesley as Hairy Neddy, Sanjeev Bhaskar as Mr. Kumar, Ayesha Dharker as Mrs. Daljeet Kumar, Anna Brewster as Anita Rutter, Chandeep Uppal as Meena Kumar, Alex Freeborn as Sam Lowbridge, and more.
The duration of Anita and Me is 1h 33 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Anita and Me trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Anita and Me was released on 22 Nov 2002.
Anita and Me is listed under Comedy, Drama, and Family on Fanbiz.
Anita and Me has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "This is one of these gentle, tender, coming-of-age movies that raises the odd smile but is really pretty unremarkable. I can't speculate as to the degree in which it is semi-aut..."
