Academy Awards, USA 2004
| Nominated Oscar | Best Writing, Original Screenplay Steven Knight |
Miramax
Directed by Stephen Frears
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Miramax)
Illegal immigrant Chiwetel Ejiofor works as a desk clerk at a swanky south London hotel. He gets coerced into a black market kidney harvesting operation by his boss. Since Ejiofor is also a trained doctor, it goes against all of his ethics. However, when it appears his participation is the only way to save his friend and developing love interest Audrey Tatou from deportation, he reluctantly agrees. There are some unexpected plot twists along the way and Ejiofor is well cast, but its dreary, downbeat tone becomes overbearing after awhile.
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