The First Jedi Knights

August, 1999

Writer Hanif Kureishi has created a uniquely personal body of work, in print and on-screen (My Beautiful Laundrette, 'Sammy and Rosie Get Laid). The latest adaptation of his work, My Son the Fanatic (Miramax), is cut from the same cloth. Om Puri plays a hearty Pakistani taxi driver who has convinced himself that he lives a good life in England. So why is his wife so morose and his son turning against him? Puri finds escape and a kind of fulfillment in his relationship with a young prostitute (Ra...