Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "Monica Ali's best-selling novel about life in London's Bangladeshi quarter gets a sensitive treatment from director Sarah Gavron, deftly condensing its sprawling narrative without sacrificing colour or texture." 11/01/2007 p.65Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "[The] well-drawn characters help make this an involving portrait of a community whose patriarchal traditions are under threat." 10/19/2007 p.72 Sight and Sound
"BRICK LANE is an interior story about a personal journey of self-discovery..." 12/01/2007 p.54-55 Box Office
"Chatterjee gives a warm, supple performance..." 04/01/2008 p.64 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "Quietly powerful, thanks to the restraint of its cast and the strength of its ideas, BRICK LANE is a gentle giant that will hopefully introduce a whole new generation to Ali's great novel." 04/01/2008 p.107 USA Today
"A sensitive and occasionally poetic film, BRICK LANE is an absorbing tale of personal empowerment and emotional growth." 06/27/2008 | 
