Fresh
A late radical shift in tone, from jittery exuberance to ruinous alienation, strikes an impressive contemporary note amid all the obeisance to custom.
Joshua Rothkopf, Chicago Reader
Monsoon Wedding
The rain is coming... and so is the family.
2001 · 1h 54m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Mira Nair
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Monsoon Wedding
Overview
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
Director and cast
- Mira Nair Director
- Naseeruddin Shah as Lalit Verma
- Lillete Dubey as Pimmi Verma
- Shefali Shah as Ria Verma
- Vijay Raaz as Parabatlal Kanhaiyalal 'P.K.' Dubey
- Vasundhara Das as Aditi Verma
- Parvin Dabas as Hemant Rai
- Tillotama Shome as Alice
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as C. L. Chadha
- Kamini Khanna as Shashi Chadha
- Randeep Hooda Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Nair's stereotype-shattering movie -- like the polymorphous culture it illuminates -- borrows from Bollywood, Hollywood and cinema verite, and comes up with something exuberantly its own.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Fresh
Splashy, noisy and downright fun.
Deborah Young, Variety
Fresh
A feel-good picture in the best sense of the term.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Fresh
A movie to fall in love by and with, a wedding to unite both the two film families and the dazzled multicultural movie audiences who watch them.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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