Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

English screenwriter and television and film director Dominic Savage's feature film debut which he wrote, premiered in the Panorama section at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival in 2005, was shot on location in England and is a UK-Ireland co-production which was produced by producer Neris Thomas. It tells the story about a 17-year-old Muslim immigrant named Naseema who lives in England with her parents and her older brother named Yuosif. When Naseema begins working at a wallpaper store she is introduced to an English boy named Adam who also works there, and almost instantly a connection arises between Naseema and Adam. As they become more acquainted they wish to see each other in private, and due to Adam's group of friends mostly being racist and Naseema's family are expecting her to marry a man who are of the same nationality and religion as they are, Naseema and Adam starts meeting in secret. Distinctly and engagingly directed by English filmmaker Dominic Savage, this fast-paced fictional tale which is narrated from multiple viewpoints though mostly from the two main characters' point of view, draws an invariably moving portrayal of an evolving and heartily romance between a boy and a girl who happens to not have the same color on their skin. While notable for it's naturalistic and atmospheric milieu depictions, sterling cinematography by English cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, production design by production designer Phil Rawsthorne, costume design by costume designer Justine Luxton and use of sound, this character-driven and narrative-driven story about love being disgraced by hatred where a girl is torn between her family and her boyfriend, and a boy between his friends and his girlfriend, depicts two merging and heartrending studies of character and contains a great and timely score by English composer Rupert-Gregson Williams.This eloquently romantic, sociological and tangible coming-of-age drama from the mid-2000s which is set in a city in England during the early 21st century and where an immigrant who has begun a relationship with an English girl named Michelle begins condemning his sister after learning that she has done the same thing and an intolerant conflict breaks out in the streets, is impelled and reinforced by it's cogent narrative structure, substantial character development, efficient continuity, use of music, unsentimental and authentic depiction of its central theme, graceful scenes between Naseema and Adam, memorable acting performances by English actress Samina Awan and English actor Tom Hudson in their debut feature film roles and the fine acting performances by English actress Nichola Burley and actor Wasim Zakir in their debut feature film roles. A heartfelt and emotionally involving love-story.

This movie is a contemporary UK vision of an age old story as epitomised by Shakespeare, but with two at odds relationships adding a layer of complication. The situation, a volatile northern English town, typically Bradford, and characters, one Islamic Pakistani family and two prejudiced English families loosely representing the Capulets and the Montagues.The star crossed lovers are young people meeting through in the first a common work environment, and the second a random encounter.Given what I am sure was a limited budget, this is a valid insight into contemporary cultural divides and intolerances. The level of ignorance and fear presented on both sides of the equation is a scathing attack on the goldfish bowl worlds all parties are raised in, perpetuated by the petty shortcomings of the familial peers.Despite other commentary this is a work of art which moved my, rarely moved by Hollywood fodder, rather cynical and jaded emotions. Certain scenes had me sad, angry and hopeful.I hope you take the time to view this and find it as rewarding as I did. The acting is not always top notch, a mostly unknown cast, but the atmospheres are captured well and emotionally it is up there with the best workings of the Bard's masterpiece.

I find it difficult to comprehend what makes viewer's feel this is a powerful movie. I would guess that the main intention of this film would be a character study and the effects of racism in a British community. It is therefore all the more disappointing that all the characters are two dimensional and the acting is at the level of a college performing arts course. I'm always sceptical of "improvisation", another word for being too lazy to write a decent script. I was embarrassed by the performances and sat in an audience who laughed when they surely were supposed to be moved by the story. Racism is a serious issue but I think a subtle approach in cinema works far better than laying it on with trowel.

I liked this movie enough to register an IMDb account. Ihope people see this one. Every bit as good as Crash for laying out the human problems with racial barriers and the hypocrisy that is inherent. Super-real performances and an understated script make this a real gem for lovers of human drama.Why is it OK to for brother to date white women but a mortal sin for is sister to date a white boy. Would you be OK with your white sister dating a man of color? Your daughter?This is the question brought forth here. A real hard look at ourselves and our racial pride.