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Miss Lovely

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India · 2014
1h 53m
Director Ashim Ahluwalia
Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh, Anil George, Zeena Bhatia
Genre Crime, Drama

Sonu and Vicky are brothers, producing sleazy sex-horror films in 1980s Bombay. As the brothers climb the ranks of their seedy industry, their fraternal bond is tested. This comes to a head when Sonu falls for Pinky, an aspiring actress; what follows will change the brothers’ lives forever.

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67

Austin Chronicle by

Elliptical, authentic, and with a strong palate of visual flair, Miss Lovely can be a confusing concoction at times, but it is never boring.

70

Variety by Alissa Simon

Like “Boogie Nights,” Miss Lovely offers a visually stunning evocation of a disreputable subculture, although it lacks that pic’s rooting dramatic interest.

50

The Dissolve by David Ehrlich

Ahluwalia’s commitment to accurately capturing the era’s aesthetic almost compensates for his failure to mine a good story from a great setting.

63

New York Post by Farran Smith Nehme

An explosion of images, mixing seedy, hand-held reality with groovy grindhouse imitations. Most of the shots are vivid, some are even thrilling.

25

Slant Magazine by Glenn Heath Jr.

The women of the film certainly deserve better, as they're often relegated to the role of victim, harmed or murdered simply to propel the plot along.

70

Village Voice by Nick Schager

Rife with jealousy, treachery, and violence, it's a stylish portrait of the tangled relationship between cinematic and real-world sleaze.

50

The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold

Though not pretentious, his film feels a tad overthought, held back somehow by a stubborn, dour obscurity clouding its freshly realized, lurid milieu.

50

The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Dalton

Ahluwalia has striven for a very self-consciously arty aesthetic here, more Gus Van Sant than Michael Mann. This is a commendably bold way to approach material that might otherwise have drifted into routine lowlife crime-thriller territory, but it also drains a rich story of narrative momentum and emotional punch.

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