
In Glasgow, Scotland, the Pakistani parents of Casim Khan have decided that he is going to marry his cousin Jasmine. Unfortunately, Casim has just fallen in love with his younger sister's music teacher Roisin. Not only is she 'goree', a white woman, she is also Irish and catholic, things that may not go down well with Casim's parents. They start a relationship but Casim is torn between following his heart and being a good son.... (Full plot summary below)
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In Glasgow, Scotland, the Pakistani parents of Casim Khan have decided that he is going to marry his cousin Jasmine. Unfortunately, Casim has just fallen in love with his younger sister's music teacher Roisin. Not only is she 'goree', a white woman, she is also Irish and catholic, things that may not go down well with Casim's parents. They start a relationship but Casim is torn between following his heart and being a good son.
Leave your thoughts about Ae Fond Kiss....
| Sly FoxKam WilliamsAn example of cinema verite at its very best. |
| european-films.netBoyd van HoeijAe fond kiss... (...) offers us (...) a slice of life that is truly wonderful in all its simplicity and realism. Ken Loach's film ranks among the years best. |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)Brian GibsonA wonderful ensemble drama that gently draws you into its political concerns with richly personal dramas, showing the bruising ups and downs of love and family heartache. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAll of Loach's formidable strengths, which include a sense of humor, come together in the wrenching A Fond Kiss. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenFor the most part, Paul Laverty's screenplay and the strong, naturalistic performances lend it a specificity that sets it apart. |
| Empire MagazineAlan Morrison[Loach] manages to reach beyond social debate to touch you on an emotional level. |
| L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonGradually, and with a kind of inquisitive generosity, the filmmaker's scope expands to take in Casim's parents and two sisters, whose public shame and private despair at having the only son move in with a goree - a white girl - is made palpably, wrenchingly real. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe film is beautifully told and superbly acted. More importantly, Paul Laverty's screenplay goes along way toward showing how the traditionalism that can turn a community inward on itself is often a response to racism, and in that sense the film's timing couldn't have been any better. |
| Patrick NabarroPJ NabarroIt's an unquestionably humane film, and Loach deserves credit for dramatising the conflicts and compromises that come with being a 2nd generation immigrant in modern Britain. |
| Long Island PressPrairie MillerWith Loach's Romeo and Juliet in a post-9/11 world, his dramatic focus on an increasingly nomadic planet is both spare and blistering. |