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Worst Best Friends (2002)
Well it's not Neighbours
Britain seems to get its fair share of Australian television programmes. Some of them good and some of them not so good. But it tends to be the not so good ones that get all the attention, and by that I mean the soaps. Ok I like Neighbours but essentially its rubbish. As for Home and Away why couldn't all of its sets been burnt down in the caravan park fire.
But this is brilliant! Really good acting from the very young cast, its very funny and it does actually capture the mentally of kids at that age (or how I felt anyway). In fact at some times it's a little too close to home. It also is a programme that does not take itself seriously, I can't put it any other way then that (watch it and you'll understand. Very lively TV show that's aimed at younger people but can be appreciated by a lot older (I think).
Anita & Me (2002)
Very funny but also very sad at times this movie is excellent
This film based on the part, autobiographical book my Meena Syal is set in Tollington, as rural English village in the seventies. A touching story it deals with Meena (a 12 year old girl whose parents moved to Tollington from India), her life and her friendship with her neighbour Anita.
Very funny but also very sad at times this movie is excellent. Meena Syal has written the screenplay herself so it stays very true to the book. She also plays a small part (not as Meena) in the film along with others like Kathy Burke (of Harry Enfield fame) Mark Williams (the fast show), and her Goodness Gracious me co-star, Sanjeev Bhaskar. The young actors are also exceptionally good. The actress who plays young Meena is very good and believable with brilliant comic timing, while unfortunately young Anita seemed slightly wooden. Although some may argue the character Anita is meant to be quite stiff so this does not affect the quality of the movie too much. This film fits into the category of films dealing with young people from an Asian heritage (Pakistan, India etc) living in Britain, like 'East is East' and Bend it like Beckham. This film is one of the best out of this genre of film and although similar to East is East is also very different.
An excellent piece of 21st century film.