Dirty Pretty Things

Starring: Audrey Tautou, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sergi Lopez
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Rating: R
Genre: Foreign, Crime, Thriller
Box Office: $8,112,414
2003

Times Seen:
Tim: 2

Summary: Two illegal immigrant hotel workers (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou) stumble onto a black market plot to sell human organs. They then must decide whether to go along with the scheme and make money, or follow their conscience.

Review:

Tim: Dirty Pretty Things is a critically acclaimed thriller. I didn't really enjoy it too much, though. The acting is all top notch, but the film just wasn't very thrilling to me at all.

I like the idea of a film about an honest pair of people dealing with a brush with the black market (specifically illegal organ selling). However, for a film that is supposed to be a thriller, this movie wasn't intense or engrossing in the least.

I might just have a problem with director Stephen Frears. Another well received film of his, The Grifters never really sat well with me and I couldn't bring myself to like it while many others did. Perhaps it is just me, after all?

As I mentioned earlier, the cast is pretty good. Audrey Tautou is very good, but she is eclipsed by the amazing performance of Chiwetel Ejiofor. He gives the best performance of the movie and keeps us interested in him. I hope to see more of his work in the future.

Dirty Pretty Things is at least a watchable movie. You might not be totally into the film, but you still want to stick around to see what happens.

Rating 1-10
Tim's Rating: 5.5



If You Enjoyed This Movie, We Recommend: The Grifters, The Da Vinci Code, Amelie, High Fidelity