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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 407369" data-attributes="member: 23">Speaking of Top Ten homework...Touch Of Pink (2004) <img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemaclock.com%2Fimages%2Fposters%2F1000x1500%2F56%2Ftouch-of-pink-2004-poster.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=6d873a5409ea18cd43fbae7f3660e82f74533ec44913720afc7c97635fc7bf22&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Despite the presence of "Cary Grant" in this film (albeit the imaginary spirit of Cary, played by Kyle MacLachlan), and Jimi's character's mother referencing Doris Day in That Touch Of Mink more than once, the title's play on words took until the latter part of the film to click with me. It's one of a number of Grant-related Easter eggs in the film. Some are obvious - such as actual scenes from old films - while others are less so and seem to be there to ensure the viewer is paying attention. At one point on their tour of London, Giles takes Dolly to a boutique where she buys a suit based on one Doris Day wore. The sign outside names the dressmakers as "Bristol-Leach". Some of it turns out to be built into the plot as relating to the characters' psyches: a comforting creation from characters' psyches, based on the Hollywood imagery that they found so reassuring in years past (an element that WandaVision would later do incredibly well). All the same, while not without novelty, this aspect of the film feels rather gimmicky. A little like Pride, the casting for this film involves a whole lot of switcheroos. British Jimi Mistri plays a Canadian living in London. Canadian Kris Holden-Ried is his British lover. American Kyle MacLachlan plays Bristolian Cary Grant, sustaining Grant's trademark bizarre attempt at a mid-Atlantic accent throughout. While completely unplanned, the film has many similarities with My Beautiful Laundrette, particularly with the lead character trying to reconcile his conventional Muslim heritage with his very unconventional relationship. Touch Of Pink feels comparatively more frivolous and safe, and even twee at times. It also suffers from a degree of quirk of the mid-Noughties variety, but the charm of the actors carries it through. There's one aspect of the ending that, while probably not unrealistic, I found unsatisfying, since one person's conduct was glossed over rather too quickly to wrap things up which ultimately left me feeling their partner could have done better. But such is life, and I suppose it keeps things from being too perfect. It's not the best film I've watched this week, but I've seen much worse.</blockquote>

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