Whoever called this an action movie or even a thriller obviously doesnt know what action is!
Numerous meaningless scences and simply no action at all...

I'd rather call it "The Story of a lonely Sinner", this way no one would expect action and furthermore wouldnt be disappointed.

The music was nice, it was made by Herbert Grönemeyer, a german singer.

Everytime the music became suspenseful and the scene would fit to be some kind of thrilling, it endured one minute and another useless scene followed.
There was not even a climax in tension.

I would definetely NOT recommend it!

We read the book in class, talking and talking about it.
After writing a paper based on Brick Lane, we watched the movie together. And I thought the book would be terrible...

At first, the characters are annoying. Nazneen for example wears most of the time a facial expression like *my life sucks/I am so shy*.
The movie was badly structured and contained a lot of useless scenes, which were way to long (just as in the book), while the important ones were squeezed.
It was too little of Hasina (Nazneen's sister) in this movie, it had no message in the end, another point where the book was a little better.

All in all, I would not recommend it *suprise!*