Bollywood/Hollywood
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: September 26, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
7

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Mehta's feisty, featherweight romantic comedy makes the case that even the most flamboyant cinematic conventions are as universal as they are exotic, especially when they conspire to produce that glow of happily ever after. Read full review
70
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Will prove infectious to those audiences who find themselves sharing the director's frivolous frame of mind. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Fabulous idea/faulty execution is the review. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
Perhaps it is simply impossible, even with affection in your heart, to craft an evocative homage to the expansive musical melodramas of Bollywood on a small-scale indie budget. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Lacks the sharpness and sophistication necessary for it to appeal beyond Indian audiences. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
It's not a movie one feels like hating, but the Hindi musical numbers aren't enough to elevate this over, say, "Pretty Woman." Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
It's just mediocrity, further soured by bad intentions. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Though occasional flashes of the radiantly bi-cultural romp that might have been peek through, writer-director Deepa Mehta's hybrid is strangely clumsy, given that she's an experienced filmmaker familiar with both Hollywood and Bollywood conventions. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The average Bollywood routine is passionately cheesy. This movie seems cursed with a lactose intolerance. Read full review
30
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Disappointingly shallow and not terribly funny romantic comedy. Read full review
30
Washington PostNicole Arthur
Surprisingly amateurish attempt at cross-cultural comedy. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
Mirthless and barely musical. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The direction is as flat as the script is thin, forcing actors to stumble through roles that make little sense. Costumes and sets border on the grotesque. Mehta is a fine enough filmmaker that this one can be written off as an aberration. Sometimes East and West really aren't meant to meet. Read full review
20
VarietyDerek Elley
Depressingly parochial. Read full review
10
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Too amateurish to lampoon or evoke either film industry, Bollywood/Hollywood is a movie that owes its presence in theaters to a certain ethnic soccer comedy still circulating like a virus. Read full review
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