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'Brick Lane' worth a saunter

Despite a derivative, nuance-deprived story, "Brick Lane" can at least rely on a plot with intrinsic allure -- the unhappy housewife who starts a love affair in a quest for her own source of happiness. In this case, the love affair is contexualized by looming themes of home and cultural identity, abstracted from the originating novel by Monica Ali.

A Bangladeshi woman Nazneen (Tannishtha...

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