Before the Rains
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: May 9, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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14
Negative:
1
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The New York TimesStephen Holden
Fatal culture clash, imperialist entitlement, forbidden passion between master and servant: the ingredients of the Indian director Santosh Sivan’s period piece Before the Rains may be awfully familiar, but the film lends them the force of tragedy. Read full review
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Tells the kind of story that would feel right at home in a silent film, and I suppose I mean that as a compliment. Read full review
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Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
As scripted by Cathy Rabin and directed by Santosh Sivan, Before the Rains is never less than compelling, but never more than adequately realized. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Sivan's film is well acted, beautifully photographed and oddly reassuring. It comes perilously close to suggesting that the injustices of colonial rule were the product of morally weak and misguided individuals rather than a system that empowered and enriched foreign interests at the expense of locals. Read full review
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