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I Can't Think Straight

Country: UK, Language: English, 80 mins

  • Director: Shamim Sarif
  • Writer: Shamim Sarif; Kelly Moss
  • Producer: Daisy Allsop; Aseem Bajaj

CGiii Comment

The direction is beyond terrible as is most of the acting.

Dubbing issues aside, the dialogue is as wooden as Pinnochio's dick.

Bitterly disappointing and almost unwatchable simply because of the over-riding snobbery.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A 2008 romance film adapted from a same name novel about a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian descent, Tala, who is preparing for an elaborate wedding. A turn of events causes her to have an affair and subsequently fall in love with another woman, Leyla, a British Indian.

Cast & Characters

Lisa Ray as Tala;
Sheetal Sheth as Leyla;
Antonia Frering as Reema;
Dalip Tahil as Omar;
Nina Wadia as Housekeeper;
Ernest Ignatius as Sam;
Siddiqua Akhtar as Maya;
Amber Rose Revah as Yasmin;
Anya Lahiri as Lamia;
Kimberly Jaraj as Zina;
Sam Vincenti as Kareem;
Rez Kempton as Ali;
Daud Shah as Hani;
George Tardios as Uncle Ramzi;
Ishwar Maharaj as Sami