Salaam Bombay

  • U/A (INDIA)
  • 1988


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Positive Reviews 23
Negative reviews 2
Average Rating 3.9/5
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5.0
It is remarkable how well Nair creates this street world and tells us its rules without seeming to force her story. Rogerebert
4.5
Shot entirely on location with its child actors recruited from the streets, Salaam Bombay! enters into its subjects lives with rare authority and abso .. Time Out
3.5
But the ending does seem to come out of nowhere, overwrought and melodramatic.
5.0
This is a remarkable Indian film directed by Mira Nair depicting the plight of Krishna, a ten year old boy. Spirituality And Practice
4.5
The directors experience making documentaries served her well as she worked for weeks with the kids who inhabit Bombays backstreets. Village Voice
4.0
Nair leavens her story of a desperately impoverished 11 year old (Shafiq Syed) with enough sentimentality to insure broad audience appeal. Tv Guide
3.5
Like Hector Babencos Pixote the film is unsparingly gritty, but with a womans tenderness it also grants the characters an occasional moment of grace. Chicago Reader
4.0
But it also demonstrates her skill in coaxing a performance of disarming naturalism from Shafiq Syed as the 11 year old whose display of courage preve .. Radio Times
3.5
The movie is terrifically well acted and beautifully filmed, however, marking an auspicious feature film debut for Indian American director Mira Nair. Cs Monitor
4.0
Yet this doesnt stop the pulse of energy throbbing out of the screen. The Guardian
2.0
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4.5
Director Mira Nair, trained in America, is very much in control of her material, tells her story efficiently and has most of the cast, none of them re .. Variety
4.0
Life, lived always on the edge of disaster, is coped with, if not always with success. Ny Times
4.0
Energy and vitality Unlike Slumdog, however, Salaam Bombay! doesnt sweeten its depiction of poverty with feelgood fantasy, but Nair does nevertheless .. What So
4.5
Despite the grim setting, the colours are disarmingly sumptuous, the Bollywood lushness conflicting with the downbeat subject matter but ultimately id .. Film 4
3.8
Unfortunately, its a film that becomes more polished and predictable every time it gets made. Articles Chicago Tribune
5.0
Poetic, powerful and disturbing, Salaam Bombay transcends language and cultural barriers. People
3.8
Tulsa, OK (74103) Today Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Tulsa World
3.0
Watching this picture feels more like a solemn duty than a form of entertainment or enrichment. And whether it is fantasy or reality, a movie should n .. Articles Orlando Sentinel
4.5
Just as the visuals are unexpectedly delightful, so is the three dimensional carving of the characters in what could be a cliche Third World hell. Articles Philly
1.0
A warm and lively film, made by Mira Nair with only a handful of professional actors. Archive Spectator
4.4
Director Mira Nair has done a masterful job of underscoring a social problem that has repercussions far beyond the Third World. Articles Sun Sentinel
5.0
Its neither documentary nor the modern version of Victorian melodrama. Buffalo News
4.0
And Bombay may not be paradise, but for Krishna it is surely an adventure. Content Time
3.0
With Salaam, Nair proves an early ability with a camera and at getting performances out of obviously inexperienced actors, but her writing talents are .. Filmcritic.com



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