Chutney Popcorn
Release Date: September 22, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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80
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Because Chutney Popcorn knows its characters deeply enough to let them determine events, it rises above formula. It is also unusually well acted. Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Its easygoing, disarming air will endear it to its target audience, who will appreciate this movie as much for the lifestyle it depicts as its actual story. Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
The film is alt-schmaltz, and it'll do. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Her story (Ganatra) -- and the rest of the gifted, multicultural cast that brings it to life -- represents another step in the evolving face of film. Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
There's some lumpy writing and uneasy acting, but it's easy to see why this charming, inventive film won prizes at festivals in Berlin, San Francisco and Newport, R.I.
60
Village VoiceJessica Winter
The director has a fitfully deployed gift for droll humor, but Chutney Popcorn mostly provides evidence that the ins and outs of the improvised multiparent family can be as prosaic as the nuclear Eisenhower model. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
What's amazing is how much first-time director Ganatra and cowriter Susan Carnival get right. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Her direction is weak, her dialogue is cliched, and her acting lacks energy and focus. Read full review
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