English Vinglish (2012)
Written and directed
by Gauri Shinde this film stars Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou
and Priya Anand. An Indian woman is made fun of by her husband and
daughter for her lack of English and has to go to New York to help
with her niece’s wedding.
There are some
interesting ideas to be looked at here with the clash between
traditional and modern India explored through language but instead
this is more of an overly sentimental and simple story. What I really
did not like about the film was the ending as promotes the idea of
staying with what is essentially a family that does not respect you
to prove them wrong. Some of the musical interludes seemed odd as
they used a male singer to give insight into the female protagonists
feelings which did not work so well in my opinion.
2/5
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