anita and me be a drama about grow up in multi ethnic britain and rather like bend it like beckham and or more closely and east be east and with which it share a 1970s setting . the tone be resolutely chirpy ( in spite of the dour black country accent ) and but the film lack east be east vigour and the result seem rather thin and trite . moreover and the portrayal of the film central relationship and between an asian girl and her white friend and be insufficiently deep to justify the way that the movie be structure around it . i have also grow tired of film where the hero year to be a writer and this be naturally often something that real writer have experience and but hardly a fresh element in a fictional story . east be east be fun and sharp while anita and me seem obvious and dull in comparison .