Dough

... and I think it succeeds without taking anything away from the entertainment value.

Jonathan Pryce is a Jewish baker. He is a widower and his son won't go into the business, instead he's become a lawyer. He needs an assistant and his black Moslem cleaning lady suggests her son (Jerome Holder). He has been through a lot before receiving refugee status in the U. K., and he has been earning money by selling marijuana on the streets for the local nasty (Ian Hart).

Naturally the old baker and the young boy get on like chalk and cheese in the beginning, but they warm to each other and the boy seems to be doing well - except for the fact that some marijuana gets mixed up in the cakes. This assures popularity for the shop - which is a good thing because a local entrepreneur (Phil Davis) is trying to buy the property to build a car park. Then there is the landlady, Mrs. Silverman - (Pauline Collins), recently widowed who has her eyes on the baker.

The film is attempting to show that we can all get along with each other despite differences in our backgrounds, religion and all that sort of thing - but it doesn't preach a sermon. Instead it shows the normal reactions of people trying to understand each other. It does this with a lot of humor and at times, little dollops of heartbreak.

"Dough" is movie about an old Jewish man who sees his bakery facing a decline in sales until his Muslim immigrant apprentice adds a drug-related ingredient into the recipe. The movie is, in short, much like the results of main characters baking - it's lacking the industrial uniformity of bigger-budget productions, the laughs are few and far between, the pacing is slow and it all feels a little flat, but it's trying to follow a recipe to be predictable and easy-to-swallow for as wide an audience as possible. In the end, Dough gets a little bit overcooked, but it pushes all the buttons in the cliché department which makes the film basically a feel-good drama that, from time to time, can make you laugh. Not for younger audience 'cos its humor is not funny, funny but more subtle/ironic. 5/10.

The writer has lovingly braided a fairytale for adults that imagines a place where religious, ethnic and societal differences aren't dealt with violence but with respect, restraint and a desire for mutual understanding and appreciation.

An aging baker, an economically challenged refugee struggling to make a new life in a foreign land, a randy widow, opportunistic drug lord, and scheming business executive are tossed into the writer's mixing bowl.

As the yeast works its magic, we enjoy the dramatic conflicts and gentle humor director John Goldschmidt stretches, pulls and shapes from his cast. Jonathan Pryce (the Jewish baker Nat Dayan), Jerome Holder (the Muslim immigrant Ayyash), and Pauline Collins (the widow Joanna) deliver a perfectly browned Dough straight from the hearth and ready for your consumption.

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Wow, i was really amazed by this movie, the atmosphere, the emotions and the story are all perfect.

Now, lets not argue about "racism", because there is no such thing as racism in this film. Well, more like countering the popular belief of 2015-2016 stereotypes of people saying that "Muslims and Jews cannot be racist". This movie proved the opposite, and shows us that racial tension still exists due to the fact of people bringing it back up again.

Never the less, it was an amazing movie, with an amazing story, and an amazing message.

Dough rises to the occasion with sweetness, depth and delightful humor. With Jonathan Pryce and Jerome Holder giving us textured and nuanced portrayals of growing trust, and appreciation, they also demonstrate how we can successfully meet "the other" with care and compassion. Dough provides us will all the ingredients as to how the simple act of being human transforms every bite we take from this morsel of life we get. While the film's premise offers many "highlights" the cohesive quality of the film, the honest feelings generated and the love that emerges, is not only touching, it's enlivening. This film is far more than an ethnic sampling, it's most importantly how we can move beyond our prejudice and bias and find our humanity. John Goldschmidt's direction continually points us toward the goodness of who we are, and Pryce and Holder masterfully deliver the goods. This was a wonderful and uplifting film, like eating a piece of chocolate chip rugelach without any of the guilt.