Monsoon Wedding
Criterion Collection, The | Release Date: February 22, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
32
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
The agile handling of the soap-opera elements -- conventional plotting at best -- finally makes "Wedding" a pop, facile take on Capulet versus Montague stuff, likable but square. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Gives just enough to forgive any of its initial flaws and eventually grows on you. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
A scruffy, thick-grained piece of work, shot in thirty days and scrawled not with luscious coloring but with the tense and inky markings of a society that is fighting to keep its reputation for togetherness, and wondering what that reputation is still worth. [18 & 25 Feb 2002. p. 199]
40
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
An air-conditioned bus tour of Punjabi ritual. Nair stuffs the film with dancing, henna, ornamentation, and group song, but her narrative clichés and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera. Read full review
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