• Mira Nair skillfully handles the ensemble drama with swift pacing and strong characters. There’s the central family, the event planner and maid romance, the story of the niece who was a victim of abuse who is now older and trying to protect it from again
  • An excellent narrative– family and generational conflict – authentic, painful one minute and humorous the next—the term “universal” used by almost every critic
  • A few quick musical interludes
  • Unfortunately the camera and some of the visuals are about as adventurous as a sitcom
  • Alternating languages (often within the same sentence) feels essential and genuine to these characters
  • Recommend but does not land too close to the top 10 of 2001