Thursday, 18 July 2013

The usual arangements

When Harry Tries to Marry (2010)

Directed by Nayan Padrai this film stars Rahul Rai, Stefane Estes, Freishia Bomanbehram and Osvaldo Chavez. After the divorce of his parents love marriage an Indian-American seeks an arranged marriage.

Dealing with culture clashes can be a delicate subject and unfortunately this film goes for the superficial rather than anything serious. It is problematic to have a film about arranged marriage without looking at the implied darker side and instead focusing on simplistic moralising about the supposed superiority of Western ideas of love over Eastern. The cast are pretty much all unknowns who do the best they can with a weak and predictable script.


2/5

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