Rotten
The thrills seem to have evaporated from Kamaleswar Mukherjee's handsome, slow-moving adaptation of a classic Bengali novel.
David Chute, Variety
Mountains of the Moon
2013 · 2h 29m · Not Rated
Adventure, Mystery
Directed by
Kamaleswar Mukherjee
Overview
Chander Pahar follows Shankar Choudhury, a 20 year-old that takes a job working for the Uganda Railway, and winds up quitting his job in search of diamonds and the Kenya's Mountain of the Moon. Based on the popular Bengali adventure novel of the same name.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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10%
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Rotten
Painfully awkward in execution, from the stiff dialogue to the time-padding slo-mo sequences and glaring CGI.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Rotten
The many misspellings in the film's subtitles do liven things up, even if the film's patchwork use of Bengali, Swahili, Portuguese and English make them somewhat inevitable.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Rotten
One reason "Chander Pahar" seems so plodding is that Mr. Mukherjee has a habit of telling us what he doesn't know how to show.
Rachel Saltz, New York Times
Rotten
The source material ends up shoehorned between splashy images of springboks and hippos, and any gaps are filled with CGI. But when adapting an acclaimed book, it's probably smart to let the plot steal the show.
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
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