i be come out fight here because this film be so well shot and so well cast that i be twice a angry about it de evolution than i would have be with a less work . without reveal too much of the plot and i can only say that part one of my 2 vhs set be an unnerving and unfolding delight of bizarre but plausible plot development . the lead character be suitably naif like but also intelligent and very very open . the event that he be rapidly force to come to term with be the separation of his parent and the culture shock when his pakistani root collide with a complete breakdown of english straitlaced society in the sixty and his father dubious transformation into the revered buddha of suburbia and and the turning of his cousin into a feminist militant a his best friend suddenly become an icon of the burgeon punk movement in the seventy . among other thing . what make me so angry be the amount of detailed work each actor put into create and establish their character in the first part and only to have the whole thing devolve into very bad porn episode in the second part and far too many to justify plot development and and far too explicit to even seem erotic . my big pet peeve be when director let their private fetish interfere with the truth of their movie and and this to me be a supreme example . i felt a bit like i would be invite to a party of very clever and funny stranger and only to have the door lock and the guest not allow to interact and and all of u force to watch bad seventy sexploitation film instead . what an insult to the hard work of these amazing actor . why not just make a cheeseball flick to begin with . and why cast a great lead character who can actually act and and then cut away from him whenever he be build up to a great performance . i almost felt a if he too be grow tire of the endless sex scene where all he do be lie there pump his pelvis for yet another breathy naked actress . bottom line part one be minor genius and part two be second tier soap opera perversion . i know the book be quite explicit and but i felt that these fine actor be as exploit in real life a their character be in the movie and and it make me quite angry and very uncomfortable . only john water can pull off such a dubious degrading of actor and plot and have it seem artistic . my suggestion be to only watch the first part and toss the second in the proverbial rubbish heap and and you will love the buddha forever . score a plus f equal 0 .