Everybody Says I'm Fine!
Panorama Entertainment | Release Date: May 16, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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90
Film ThreatDoug Brunell
Even the most learned moviegoer won't see where this story is going, and that's part of its charm. The characters have a depth to them that is rarely seen these days. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Takes a darkly daring tack that pays off handsomely, providing wholly unexpected dimension that reveals the full measure of Bose's imagination and skill. Smartly designed and richly photographed, this film is an idiosyncratic charmer -- and a lot more. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyJon Strickland
Bose does a good job of keeping his melancholy tales loose with wry humor, and while not all of the episodes are successful, at their best they show real empathy for the complex lives of India's modern middle class. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Veers wildly from slapstick comedy to melodrama, but writer-director Rahul Bose, making his feature debut, handles the transitions more effectively than is usual, and the film is generally entertaining even when it's being utterly ridiculous (or maybe especially when it's so). Read full review
60
Village VoiceDavid Blaylock
Writer-director Bose shows depth when he deals directly with Xen's loneliness. The scenes that show him after-hours, as he gazes yearningly at the nightclub patrons across the street, are especially moving. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
Though the film's fanciful premise seems more naturally suited to comedy, Bose exploits its more sinister implications surprisingly skillfully until the combined weight of narrative threads involving incest, suicide and murder eventually bog the story down. Read full review
60
VarietyKen Eisner
Too stylistically scattered to appeal to all tastes…but its unique combo of slick art direction, sweet romance, supercharged eros, low comedy and out-there melodrama –-- Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderFred Camper
Stylish color schemes make this pleasing to look at, though the uneven narrative is both a minus and a plus--in one of the best scenes, beggars do an impromptu celebratory dance in the salon. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Too cluttered and busy, but as a glimpse into the affluent culture of a country with economic extremes, it's intriguing. Occasionally it's funny and moving, too. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKevin M. Williams
Rahul Bose's pleasant little flick, could have been much more than just fine had the director taken more risks. Instead, this movie pulsates with lost opportunity and unanswered questions. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Careening from bubbly romantic comedy to bitchy melodrama to the darker matters of murder, incest, and suicide, the film possesses the catch-all qualities for which Bollywood cinema is known, but Bose exerts about as much control over them as the conductor of a runaway train. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAnita Gates
Very little of consequence can be said of the film, other than that it is quieter and more realistic than the Bollywood spectacles that are India's best-known movies. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The consequences aren't remotely as comic as they're meant to be. Read full review
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