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2009
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3.3
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4.0
Dark, psychologically trenchant modern retelling of the ancient epic The Ramayana, with a police inspectors wife held captive in a jungle by a near my ..
Film Journal
2.0
Bollywood golden couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan star in this absurdly extravagant melodrama, rife with cliches, song and dance showstopper ..
Guardian
3.0
The pervasive sense of social realism, so rare in Japanese cinema, may explain the lavish praise showered on Lee Sang ils film in its native Japan.
Empire
1.9
In a concerted effort to embrace a more modern, visual aesthetic than the average Bollywood film, director Mani Ratnam employs jump cuts and handheld ..
Slant Magazine
3.5
Raavan has Bollywood glamour aplenty, with the lovely if occasionally dramatically challenged Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Mr. Bachchans wife, playing the ..
The New York Times
4.0
With a starrier cast and a more adept script, this noir ish exercise might have beaten its derivative vibe and hasty contrivances.
Los Angeles Times
4.0
Aiming to be a seriocomic movie of ideas but desperate not to offend or challenge, Let It Rain soon settles for being another smug comedy of bourgeois ..
La Weekly
2.5
Not unusually for a Bollywood movie, Raavan combines beautiful photography, over the top acting, cheesy special effects and musical numbers that stret ..
New York Post
3.5
A truly great animated film out to have an engaging, imaginative story together with dazzling animation.
Nyc Movie Guru
3.5
The director, Mani Ratnam, has combined the narrative structure of the epic Ramayana with the stunning aesthetics of Indias forest regions, A.R. Rahma ..
Straight
3.0
Ratnam stages some terrific set pieces, including Rais plunge off a cliff top waterfall (the film features some stunning locales), but fails to delive ..
Sbs
4.0
Raavan is a very satisfying entertainment, for the eyes, ears and heart.
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