Hideous Kinky
1998 · Movie · R · 98 min · ★ 6.0 · 60% critics
A young English mother leaves home with her two daughters and heads to Morocco in search of meaning and a different way to live. As they try to settle into a new life, the family faces money troubles, cultural surprises, and the challenges of living on hope alone.
Based on Hideous Kinky
Also known as Goodbye Morocco
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Details
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1999-02-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 60/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (97 votes)
About
You may like Hideous Kinky if you enjoy quiet, character-driven travel dramas with a strong sense of place and family tension; Not for you if you want a fast-moving story or a clear-cut plot, and you might also like The Good House or Chinese Box.
Pros: beautiful Morocco setting; strong child performances; warm family moments | Cons: slow pacing; thin story; uneven character choices
Themes
- hippie
- culture clash
- arabian
- lover
- morocco
- sister
Cast & crew
Kate Winslet
as Julia
Saïd Taghmaoui
as Bilal
- BR
Bella Riza
as Bea
- CM
Carrie Mullan
as Lucy
Pierre Clémenti
as Santoni
Abigail Cruttenden
as Charlotte
Ahmed Boulane
as Ben Said
Sira Stampe
as Eva
Amidou
as Sufi Sheikh
Michelle Fairley
as Patricia
Directed by Gillies MacKinnon