Reluctant adaptation

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)

Directed by Mira Nair this film based on the novel of the same name stars Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson and live Schreiber. Following the kidnapping of an American professor in Pakistan an American journalist interviews a Pakistani professor with suspected fundamentalist links.

It seems that the plot of this film diverges fairly heavily from the plot of the novel on which it is based, changing both events and an important character relationship. The message of the film is fairly heavily handed and while frames the problem of distrust well it does little to offer solutions to the problem. Generally the film is fairly well made and there are good performances but there are many films on the relationship between the West and Islamic countries now and this film does little to set itself apart.

2/5