Hideous Kinky
“A journey to love.”
Gillies MacKinnonCast
Kate Winslet Bella Riza 
Saïd Taghmaoui Carrie Mullan 
Pierre Clémenti 
Abigail Cruttenden
Credits
Written by: Esther Freud
Plot
In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and precocious eight-year-old Bea.
Sinekatalog’s take
Hideous Kinky (1999) is a British romance directed by Gillies MacKinnon. It stars Kate Winslet, Bella Riza and Saïd Taghmaoui. It runs 98 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.0 / 10 (7,306 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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