The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Aparita Bhandari
If Darshi had truly embraced Mona’s messiness, it might have made for a more meaningful, even if tentative, conclusion.
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Canada · 2022
1h 46m
Director Agam Darshi
Starring Agam Darshi, Stephen Lobo, Huse Madhavji, Kim Coates
Genre Drama
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Mona, a failed writer having an affair with a married man, avoids striking out on her own under the guise of caring for her ailing Sikh father, but when he has a debilitating stroke, her three successful siblings show up on her doorstep, determined to take control of the situation.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Aparita Bhandari
If Darshi had truly embraced Mona’s messiness, it might have made for a more meaningful, even if tentative, conclusion.
The New York Times by Beatrice Loayza
Despite her minor rebellions, Mona remains a frustratingly opaque character; a stereotypically troubled woman whose eventual awakening merits a shrug at most.
Los Angeles Times by Carlos Aguilar
Caught between confrontation and compassion, the familiar but still heartrending Donkeyhead acknowledges that the hurt others inflict on us, though never excused, may indeed derive from their own unexpressed and unresolved trauma.
Donkeyhead has heart and humor in nicely matched doses, and is good enough that you hope Darshi has another movie in mind as a follow-up, and that Netflix has the sense and Canadian dollars to let her make it.
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