My Son The Fanatic is something of a rarity: a homegrown film which actually reflects the racial and cultural melting pot that is late 1990s Britain. Writer Hanif Kureishi - - who penned My Beautiful Laundrette and has here adapted his own short story - - clearly has a talent for writing characters of different ages, nationalities and beliefs, and tackles the thorny issue of the rise of religious fundamentalism among young British Asians with an admirable lightness of touch.
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