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Monsoon Wedding
A (INDIA)
2001
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Monsoon Wedding
Positive Reviews
51
Negative reviews
4
Average Rating
3.9
/5
confusing
engaging
colorful
energetic
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4.2
The old world meets new mesh is incarnated in the movies soundtrack, a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that, by the end of Monsoon Wedding, sent my ..
EW
4.4
We have the pleasure of seeing a foreign film and the convenience of understanding almost everything thats said.
Rogerebert
4.5
The impression of cosmopolitan modern India, of diaspora lives thrown into collision and collusion, is engaging in itself, but the emotional optimism ..
Time Out
3.8
Overall Criterions Bruce Lee set is as wonderful as youve heard, boasting definitive restorations and enough supplements for at least two semesters wo ..
3.0
Nair assuredly navigates the narrative and its characters with minimal confusion, although this steady hand seems a bit languorous at times.
4.0
I found the American influences on the modern culture interesting, the unfamiliarity and introduction to their traditions carried a stronger resonance ..
E Film Critic
5.0
Monsoon Wedding contains an incest story line thats disturbing but shouldnt scare people away.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
Aditi gets cold feet before the wedding and doesnt know whether shell be able to go through with it.
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
An engaging, evocative and intermittently powerful ensemble piece.
One Guys Opinion
3.8
Throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all, Nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most c ..
ReelViews
3.8
Seth may be one of the worlds great actors, and hes thrown away here with about five minutes of screen time.
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.5
A late radical shift in tone, from jittery exuberance to ruinous alienation, strikes an impressive contemporary note amid all the obeisance to custom.
Chicago Reader
3.8
Shettys powerful Ria and Shomes positively luminous Alice give the most dazzling female performances.
3.5
A colorful, joyous celebration of life; a tapestry woven of romance, dancing, singing, and unforgettable characters.
Lariat
5.0
This is breathtakingly good filmmaking thoroughly entertaining, deeply moving, warmly funny and profoundly evocative.
Shadows On The Wall
1.5
After awhile all the films elaborate charms begin to feel as empty as a Disneyfied fairy tale.
Pop Matters
4.0
Superbly acted, gorgeously photographed, enjoyable and engaging drama by Mira Nair, with a terrific soundtrack to boot the perfect Hollywood/Bollywood ..
View London
4.5
Nair keeps the disparate threads of the many interfamily relationships under control and shows just how universal dysfunction can be.
Film Journal International ..
4.4
Just when you think youve got it all figured out, the movie becomes something better, something decidedly more insightful, with a lot to say about fam ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.1
Theres nothing wrong with Monsoon Wedding, but weve seen it all before.
Internet Reviews
3.8
Nair has succeeded in her mission to capture the energy and essence of a Punjabi family in modern India.
Toronto Star
4.5
Uncle Tej immediately offers to pay, and yet theres something uneasy in the beneficiarys response.
Guardian
3.8
so alive and colorful (both literally and metaphorically) that its easy to overlook its formulaic nature
Q Network
1.5
This eye popping Indian wedding comedy is a guaranteed art house hit. Too bad it misses all the good jokes.
Salon
0.5
It didnt workand my interjections didnt endear me to my colleagues.
Slate
4.5
Even the monsoon cant put a damper on this rich kaleidoscope of Indian life; smell, taste and enjoy!
4.0
Nair doesnt treat the issues lightly. She allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly.
Bbc
4.5
This drama by Mira Nair has been hailed as a feel good spree, but its better than that a barely stable compound of the wounding, the confusing, and th ..
New Yorker
4.4
The awful Peter Pan sequel Return to Neverland may have been bumped up to theatrical release status, but that doesnt mean that Disney doesnt have a nu ..
Mr Brown Movies
4.5
An energetic and amusing romantic drama about the power of love to make things whole.
Calendar Live
3.0
A lively, engaging film that captures and holds your attention with its colorful balance of modern and traditional India and an assembly of actors who ..
Hollywood
3.8
The humor and humanity of Monsoon Wedding are in perfect balance.
Spliced Wire
3.8
A short making of featurette produced for the Independent Film Channel doesnt shed any new light on the film.
Movie Habit
3.1
Nair just doesnt have the necessary self control to guide a loose, poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy.
Film Freak Central
4.5
Starting in a cartoonish way, it grows into a well developed soap opera in the best sense of the term.
Oregon Live
3.8
Director Mira Nair pulls together the Indian diaspora in this energetic, charming and occasionally chilling slice of Punjabi life.
E Online
4.5
Its as if Nair had set herself on a careerlong mission to strip from every storytelling element all the years of manipulation and bad acting that have ..
La Weekly
4.5
... by the time its done with us, Mira Nairs new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery, of having been immersed in a foreign cult ..
Kansas City
5.0
Not content to merely direct traffic of intersecting characters, Mira Nair never lets the scurrying ensemble lag or their stories flag. Monsoon Weddin ..
The Filmy Ap
4.4
By the last shots of the family members dancing and laughing, I was as happy as them!
Montreal Film Journal
4.5
Nairs stereotype shattering movie like the polymorphous culture it illuminates borrows from Bollywood, Hollywood and cinema verite, and comes up with ..
News Week
4.5
Nair doesnt use to lament the loss of culture. Instead, she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung to tr ..
Window To The Movies
4.2
Some movies present an idealized view of marriage and family; others seem eager to debunk it. Mira Nairs exuberant art house crowd pleaser takes the t ..
Decent Films
4.0
Even if you think New Delhi is a long way away, the people in this intimate movie are as close to us as family.
Jam! Movies
5.0
Monsoon Wedding does what Altmans own The Wedding could not: It allows us to celebrate a questionably blessed occasion without feeling embarrassed or ..
Freep
4.4
It glows and sings with color and music, and with the humanity of its characters.
Denver Post
4.5
Its funny, touching, dramatically forceful, and beautifully shot.
Filmcritic.com
4.0
This is a gorgeous film vivid with color, music and life. Delight your senses and crash this wedding!
TheMovieChicks.com
3.5
Instead, theyre perfecting a new approach to storytelling for complicated times.
The Nation
3.8
seems finally and truly at home in this film, whose prevailing tone is a testament to her comfort and ease.
Globe and Mail
1.5
The swirling visuals make for a sensual delight thats seductive but doesnt quite conceal the darkness under the gaudy surface.
Boston Phoenix
4.0
Its not just a touching, funny, multi layered drama; its an exuberant love poem to a city and a culture in transition.
All Movie
5.0
Mira Nairs distinctive, wholly engaging approach is somewhere between Dogme style immediacy and Bollywood calibre excess.
eye WEEKLY
5.0
The film is a joyful glimpse into a world brimming with song and spirit.
Arizona Daily Star
4.4
Nair and screenwriter Sabrina Dhawan deserve credit for wrapping up this big bundle in such a likeable package backed by such a great musical score.
Spokesman-Review (Washingt ..
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