The actors appear game, yet director Aparna Sen, who conceived the film in the wake of September 11, resorts often to hokey pseudo-lyricism and prefers sound-bite ballyhoo to sociological depth.
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A drama of impeccable intentions flawed by arch dialogue and only OK direction.
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New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
This is not a film for the impatient. But director Aparna Sen finds the poetry in romantic restraint, which is a mighty rare resource these days.
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The New York Times by Lawrence Van Gelder
Not a subtle film; and, most curiously -- to put it mildly -- for a sermon on tolerance, it resorts to history's eternal scapegoat.
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New York Post by Megan Lehmann
The central narrative is ultimately too one-dimensional to sustain interest.