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	HIDEOUS KINKY
		Less informative, but about as entertaining and dramatically structured as a tourist-based documentary, the hideously named "Hideous Kinky" is more interested in serving as a promotional stock footage piece for the Moroccan tourist board than as a compelling motion picture.
		As such, and despite the star presence of Winslet, this film is doomed to disappear from theaters faster than the real subject of Kate's last film actually did in the North Atlantic.
		All looks and nearly void of any substance, this film is a testament to the old saying of not judging a book by its cover.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1999/hideous_kinky.html (2172 words)

	Xiibaro Reviews: Hideous Kinky, Tea With Mussolini, and Desert Blue
		It may be a little over long but from a visual sense, Hideous Kinky works.
		I must say that I was not fully sure of what I was walking into when I made way into Hideous Kinky.
		It has one far from erotic sex scene and a small love affair, but neither serve as a major part of the film (nor a jumping point for the lead character to find herself).
	xiibaro.hypermart.net /archive/01/14.html (1113 words)

	Nick's Flick Picks: The Blog: Screening: Hideous Kinky
		Though several shots imply that Hideous Kinky is a sort of dream-record of the characters' experiences—and that the archetypal exoticism of certain Arabic places, people, and spectacles might thus be taken as character points rather than simple weaknesses of the film—it's still a little distancing.
		The distinguishing achievement of Hideous Kinky is that, compared to several movies about young sojourners—especially when those sojourners are women, and even more especially when they are mothers—this film does not exist to judge Julia.
		Neither an endorsement of her free spirit nor a condemnation of her behavior, Hideous Kinky manages to represent the texture, risks, and pleasures of this lifestyle without much editorializing, and the characterizations of everyone involved, including the young daughters, is pretty compelling.
	www.nicksflickpicks.com /2005/01/screening-hideous-kinky.html (506 words)

	'Hideous Kinky' (R)
		You'd have to read the book, for instance, to know the phrase "hideous kinky" is simply a code phrase between the sisters to mean almost anything they want it to.
		"Hideous Kinky" skims from episode to episode, leaving out great chunks of exposition that could have enlightened us.
		ideous Kinky," Gillies MacKinnon's film about a single mother (Kate Winslet) and her identity-seeking trip to Morocco in the drug-hazy days of the early 1970s, trudges along an all-too-familiar path: the soul-finding trip to an exotic locale.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/movies/reviews/hideouskinkyhowe.htm (495 words)

	Hideous Kinky
		My movie friend, the Romantic Comedy Wimp, with whom I saw Gillies Mackinnon's new film Hideous Kinky, loved it.
		By the way, Hideous Kinky has nothing to do with 'hideous' and is certainly not 'kinky.' It is just two words thrown together, a game the two girls play to pass the time.
		I didn't believe Kate Winslet, and if you don't believe her then all the events that happen in the film carry less emotional impact than they should.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies/HideousKinky.htm (470 words)

	Hideous Kinky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hideous Kinky is an autobiographical novel by Esther Freud, daughter of British painter Lucian Freud, and great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud.
		It is also the 1998 film, based on that novel, about a young English mother (Kate Winslet) who moves from London to Morocco with her two young daughters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hideous_Kinky (256 words)

	HIDEOUS KINKY/ ***
		"Hideous Kinky" may only deserve to be remembered because it's the first film to be financed with National Lottery arts funding, and the one on which Winslet met husband Jim Threapleton, but it deserves to be seen because it works.
		I can't for the life of me remember the name of one, but they played on television all the time when I was growing up, and "Hideous Kinky" evokes their flavour, as well as containing multitudes of more obvious period detail, in the costumes and the sets.
		"Hideous Kinky" takes place in Morocco in 1972, where Julia (Kate Winslet), a twentysomething from London, is single-handedly raising her two young daughters Bea (Bella Riza) and Lucy (Carrie Mullan).
	www.ukcritic.com /hideouskinky.html (693 words)

	Salon Entertainment Road to nowhere
		In "Hideous Kinky," his film of the Esther Freud novel, director Gillies MacKinnon goes for something like an open-ended approach to the picaresque material.
		And even though the movie is a mess, Winslet's choosing "Hideous Kinky" as the follow-up to "Titanic" turns out to be a canny choice, a conscious decision to scrape off the faux glamour of James Cameron's mega-production (even though she was just about the only believably human thing in it).
		From moment to moment, I had no trouble figuring out what was happening in "Hideous Kinky," but I'm damned if I could figure out why.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/1999/04/16/kinky (955 words)

	Virtual Urth - HIDEOUS KINKY - Reviewed By Jill Cozzi
		The latest Kate Winslet vehicle, HIDEOUS KINKY (from a novel by Esther Freud based on her childhood with her adventurous mother), is neither.
		HIDEOUS KINKY is worth a look, if only for some excellent performances by Winslet and the girls, and as a breathtaking travelogue.
		But I found it a disturbing film -- I kept envisioning 35-year-old Bea, sitting in a therapist's office, trying to overcome the damage of having to parent her own mother at the tender age of eight.
	www.virtualurth.com /movies/hideouskinky.html (778 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: Hideous Kinky
		Let me save you the trouble: "hideous kinky" is the "naughty" phrase that Winslet's two daughters invent and chant all over Morocco, enjoying the excitement of shouting out swear words while the natives remain unaware.
		I spent half of the movie waiting to find out what was so hideous and kinky about a hippy mother dragging her two kids around Morocco.
		The film is worth seeing simply because it's not the same old Hollywood formula movie where a meteor is about to collide with the earth.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=96569 (583 words)

	Orlando Weekly - Film Review - Hideous Kinky
		Julia (Kate Winslet), a married-too-early single mom cast off by her poet husband, in "Hideous Kinky" takes a decidedly larger risk than her American counterpart, abandoning London in 1972 and dragging two daughters along on a spiritual quest to exotic, often frightening Morocco.
		Too bad he couldn't work a similar miracle for "Hideous Kinky," which makes an intriguing start before taking a wearying path to a conclusion that might have been predicted from the first frame.
		"Hideous Kinky," while decidedly flawed, offers a meatier role.
	www.orlandoweekly.com /film/review.asp?rid=1197 (519 words)

	Hideous Kinky . Newcity Chicago . 04-26-99
		The lush tapestry of "Hideous Kinky" doesn't shout its themes or morals, and while some reviewers have complained of Julia not being sufficiently judged, it seems less a reflection of the movie than themselves.
		"Hideous Kinky" is so much more than travelogue, and its daunting intelligence and effervescent sense of time and place are rare treasures.
		"In 'Hideous Kinky,' it's a wonderful experience in a way for these children," the fervent talker told me at Sundance in his lovely, rhythmic Scots accent.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/chicago/h/hideouskinky1.html (794 words)

	"Hideous Kinky" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		I know you're asking yourself "what is 'Hideous Kinky' supposed to mean?" Honestly, I'm still asking myself that question after viewing this film.
		In the 1998-released Hideous Kinky, she is "Julia", a 25-year-old English-hippy-mom who lives with her two little girls in Morocco.
		The only good from Hideous Kinky is the on-location scenery and culture of the beautiful people of Morocco.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2000/hideouskinky.html (618 words)

	Review: Hideous Kinky
		For all that Hideous Kinky introduces us to an unusual culture and takes us on a whirlwind trip of Morocco, the central feature of the film is the human element.
		What differentiates Hideous Kinky from the average road movie is the strength and complexity of the central relationship between Julia (Kate Winslet) and her offspring: 8-year old Bea (Bella Riza) and 6-year old Lucy (Carrie Mullan).
		Her salary for Hideous Kinky is only a tiny fraction of what Leonardo DiCaprio is receiving for his work in The Beach, but it proves to the whole world where Winslet's sensibilities lie.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/h/hideous.html (640 words)

	HIDEOUS KINKY
		Its story is very linear, offering virtually no peaks or dips, and would be rather boring were it not for the wonderful performances from the children, who both make their acting debuts in this film.
		Based on Esther Freud’s novel (yes, Sigmund’s granddaughter) and directed by wily Scotsman Gillies MacKinnon (Regeneration), Kinky is likely to draw comparisons to The English Patient, but it doesn’t live up to the analogy.
		Also of concern to the girls is Julia’s very open relationship with a local street performer named Bilal (Saïd Taghmaoui, Hate).
	www.sick-boy.com /hideous.htm (257 words)

	SoundtrackNet : Hideous Kinky
		John Keane is listed as composer for the film but has all of one track, aptly titled "Hideous Kinky", performed by musicians from the London Pops Orchestra.
		The songs' orders are broken up by traditional Moroccan music, which, of course helps with supporting the setting, but when placed on the album and given to unsuspecting "western" ears, it seems out of place.
		When flipping through the CD, I naturally rested on the pop tunes since I haven't heard them in a while, and even gave the Moroccan music a try but couldn't get used to it.
	www.soundtrack.net /soundtracks/database?id=1909 (455 words)

	Esther Freud
		Her debut novel, Hideous Kinky (1992), evokes the bohemian childhood of two young children accompanying their mother in her search for freedom and adventure in 1960s Morocco.
		The novel, which was shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, was made into a film starring Kate Winslet.
		Esther Freud was named as one of the 20 'Best of Young British Novelists 2' by Granta magazine in 1993.
	www.contemporarywriters.com /authors/?p=auth38 (360 words)

	Holy Smoke
		Kate Winslet (Titanic, Hideous Kinky) is still able to carefully pick her jobs, Harvey Keitel (Smoke, Copland) is once again naked, and it is directed by Jane Campion (The Piano, Portrait of a Lady), and co-written by Campion and her sister Anna, who wrote the novel.
		Even when the film begins to degenerate, their performances are still able to make Holy Smoke look better than it actually is. There are also some funny moments in the film, mostly dealing with Barron's family, and unintentionally funny moments that arise from the use of special effects.
		The film also includes a short segment on actual cults, including Jonestown, Charles Manson, and Heaven's Gate, that serves no real purpose except to remind viewers that cults are supposed to be a part of the film.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/holy_smoke.html (479 words)

	BBC News SHOWBIZ Kate Winslet to split from husband
		The actress, whose new film Enigma is to be released soon, met assistant director Threapleton during the filming of Hideous Kinky in Morocco in 1998.
		Winslet met Threapleton on the set of Hideous Kinky
		Actress Kate Winslet and her husband Jim Threapleton are separating, it has been announced.
	newssearch.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/entertainment/showbiz/newsid_1523000/1523917.stm (479 words)

	KATE WINSLET AND JIM THREAPLETON SPLIT AFTER THREE YEARS OF MARRIAGE
		The British beauty met Jim, a 26-year-old film director, on the set of her post Titanic project, Hideous Kinky.
		The pair had agreed to take on film projects in turns, but, as Kate’s career has gone from strength to strength — her WWII film Enigma opens across the UK on September 28 and she’s just shot the story of Iris Murdoch alongside Dame Judi Dench — Jim’s opportunities seem to have dwindled.
		Celebrated actress Kate Winslet and her husband Jim Threapleton have separated after less than three years of marriage.
	www.hellomagazine.com /film/2001/09/04/katewinslet (479 words)

	Movie Review - Small Faces - eFilmCritic
		Anyone who has seen this movie, or Regeneration, (perhaps not the tawdry Hideous Kinky) will know exactly what I mean.
		It's extremely hard to keep up with, due to the broad Scottish accent and slang, but if you can get a handle on the lingo, this film is perhaps the greatest expression of "gang" life you'll see.
		The MacKinnon brothers (Gillies and Billy) rarely put a foot wrong in film.
	efilmcritic.com /hbs.cgi?movie=616 (479 words)

	Holy Smoke
		In Hideous Kinky, Kate Winslet underwent a spiritual renaissance in traversing from Britain to Africa.
		Now, in the complex film Holy Smoke, she treks from Australia to India.
		This atypical journey may be kinky for some, but its understated approach to stinging humor and ambiguity of one's facade, add up to a strange but ingratiating Holy Smoke!
	www.projections-movies.com /reviews/holysmoke.html (249 words)

	P A L
		He was Head of Production and Development for The Film Consortium, working on films including Hideous Kinky.
		He made his debut as a producer in 1992 with the Emmy-winning TV film A Dangerous Man: Lawrence after Arabia.
		He made his debut as a producer with the Emmy-winning A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia.
	www.pallabs.org /people.php (5895 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Kevin McKidd
		Among the films he appeared in were Gilles MacKinnon's Hideous Kinky (1998), in which he had a cameo as a massively stoned traveler in Morocco and Rose Troche's Bedrooms and Hallways (1998), in which he starred as a gay man grappling with bisexual urges.
		A Scottish actor whose heritage is betrayed as much by his pale skin and red hair as it is by his accent, Kevin McKidd first earned recognition in 1996 with parts in Trainspotting and Small Faces, two films that helped to put the Scottish film industry on the world cinema map.
		The huge success of the latter film got McKidd noticed, although his performance was largely overshadowed by those of co-stars Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle.
	www.mtv.com /movies/person/168087/bio.jhtml (404 words)

	Nick Drake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The advertisement caused a significant bounce in Drake’s popularity, bolstered by uses of Drake's music on a number of film soundtracks, including the single "River Man" in the 1997 film "Dream with the Fishes," 1998's Hideous Kinky and Practical Magic (featuring "Road" from Pink Moon and "Black Eyed Dog" from Time of No Reply, respectively).
		In 2001, two Bryter Layter tracks appeared in mainstream films: "Northern Sky" in Serendipity, and "Fly" in The Royal Tenenbaums.
		The coroner concluded that the cause of Drake's death was suicide, although this was disputed by friends and relatives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nick_Drake (1387 words)

	~~ Star Flash ~~
		None of that stuff interests me." Winslet, who is out promoting the release of her upcoming film Hideous Kinky, a small-budget picture about a single mother in 1970s Morocco, says she's still adjusting to life in the spotlight.
		I love my job too much." And besides, explains Kate, "Being a film star is a label and seems to me not to be about whether you are a good actor, but about the size of your breasts, the size of your body, whether you've had a facelift or a nose job.
		"I'm not saying I want to avoid Hollywood like the plague, but I don't want to be the kind of actor who does lots and lots of big films," she says.
	www.angelfire.com /ak2/gIrLy/starflash3.html (2081 words)

	BBC - Drama Faces - Kevin McKidd
		Kevin went on to appear in a range of major films, including Hideous Kinky* with Kate Winslet, horror film* Dog Soldiers, and the Mike Leigh film Topsy Turvy, in which he played a conceited operetta star, alongside star names such as Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Shirley Henderson and Dexter Fletcher.
		Kevin originally went to university to study engineering, but he found he enjoyed acting with the drama group more, so he left to study acting at Queen Margaret's College*.
		Kevin stars in Rome as Lucius Vorenus*, a Roman soldier who's ordered into the wilds of Gaul to retrieve a standard, but ends up embroiled in the political machinations of the wealthiest city in the world.
	www.bbc.co.uk /drama/faces/kevin_mckidd.shtml (435 words)

	CNN.com - Winslet marriage ends in divorce - December 13, 2001
		Winslet once said it was "love at first sight" when they met on the set of the film "Hideous Kinky" where Threapleton, who she has described as a "glorious-looking boy," was an assistant director.
		LONDON, England-- The three-year marriage of "Titanic" actress Kate Winslet and her film director husband Jim Threapleton has ended with a "quickie" divorce in a British court.
		The divorce petition brought by Winslet was uncontested and neither she nor Threapleton attended the brief hearing at the High Court in London.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/13/winslet.divorce (435 words)

	Guiseley couple at Titanic wedding - This is Bradford Archive - From the Telegraph & Argus
		Jim Threapleton, an assistant producer, met up with Kate while they were both working on the film, Hideous Kinky, which has just been released.
		Mr Threapleton, 80, of Thorpe Lane, and his wife, Jean, travelled to Reading to see grandson Jim Threapleton wed Kate in a ceremony for friends and family and a reception with more acquaintances from the film world.
		Jim's grandfather said of his grandson's wife: "We are very much impressed that she is very down to earth.
	archive.thisisbradford.co.uk /1998/11/28/168917.html (435 words)

	Books and Writing - 5/03/1999: Lee Tulloch; Brett Easton Ellis; Margaret Attwood; Esther Freud
		Michelle Field speaks to Esther Freud in London, grand-daughter of Sigmund and author of Hideous Kinky, which has recently been made into a film.
		Simon Busch reviews GLAMORAMA the latest offering from the controversial pen of Brett Easton Ellis, where the protagonist of AMERICAN PSYCHO makes another brief appearance.
		Lee Tulloch; Brett Easton Ellis; Margaret Attwood; Esther Freud
	www.abc.net.au /rn/arts/bwriting/stories/s21132.htm (435 words)

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