The White Tiger
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 13, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
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Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
35
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsJan 29, 2021
Bahrani’s take on Balram’s present-day circumstances is eventually so restricted to the beginning and end of the film that it begins to feel like a foregone conclusion, rather than like the curiosity that it is. Read full review
60
PolygonSiddhant AdlakhaJan 26, 2021
The film is full of potent human drama (largely coming from Gourav’s performance), but as an examination of the world’s intersection with modern India, it usually lands on the wrong side of inauthentic. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJan 12, 2021
There’s little of the intimacy of Bahrani’s best work, and while the book has been described as dark-humored, the movie feels more like a typical prestige adaptation, hitting the key themes and scenes without finding an independent tone. Despite its obvious currency, it’s more yesterday than tomorrow. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJan 21, 2021
The characters don’t quite come to life. They aren’t trapped by prescribed social roles so much as by the programmatic design of the narrative, which insists it is showing things as they really are. If it wasn’t so insistent, it might be more convincing. Read full review
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