Basmati Blues
Shout! Factory | Release Date: February 9, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 9, 2018
Instead of vying for a so-bad-it’s-entertaining categorization, it falls squarely into the hell of cinematic mediocrity. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 9, 2018
It’s an amiable misfire. But Brie Larson sure can light up the screen, and she does so here — she’s a pleasant singer, too — and that’s enough to raise this from a one-and-a-half star movie to a two. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerFeb 6, 2018
The movie starts out heedless in its desire to charm, but it winds up feeling constrained by self-consciousness, and more’s the pity. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanFeb 15, 2018
Basmati Blues is one of those movies that isn’t terrible but still leaves you wondering why it exists. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlFeb 7, 2018
Watching it is something like watching a play’s first full dress rehearsal or a gangly baby deer’s initial efforts to stand, where it’s the effort that’s more engaging than the achievement itself. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 9, 2018
It is a terrible film, and it skirts (but does not cross) the line of offensiveness...but it is undeniably watchable in the same way you can’t turn away from a talent show featuring a medley of acts that are pretty awful but quite confident they’ve got something to share. Read full review
33
The Film StageChristopher SchobertFeb 9, 2018
Basmati Blues is an inoffensive trifle. It does not warrant outrage; it’s not bold enough to risk it. Yet there is some heart, and undoubtedly, some ambition. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedFeb 14, 2018
Though the film has minor charms (the highly regarded actress can sing, and co-stars Tyne Daly and Scott Bakula are seasoned Broadway musical veterans) Basmati Blues is the kind of easily forgiven early career move that is best released on home video and forgotten. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenFeb 8, 2018
Despite his attempt to graft an environmental message onto a traditional musical template, there's little about director Danny Baron's feature debut that feels convincingly organic to either the plotting or the characterizations. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 6, 2018
Shot before Brie Larson appeared in her breakout film Room, this fish-out-of-water musical set largely in India is the sort of unmitigated disaster that the actress would no doubt have preferred to stay under wraps. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineDerek SmithFeb 4, 2018
Danny Baron's film awkwardly melds Bollywood romcom tropes with a half-hearted critique of the GMO industry. Read full review
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