The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
An unconventional biography by Oscar nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and authored the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," which became the go-to book for seekers from George Harrison to Steve Jobs.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes64%
Metacritic54/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Paola di FlorioDirector
- Lisa LeemanDirector
Cast
- Anupam KherNarrator (voice)
- Russell SimmonsSelf
- George HarrisonSelf (archive footage)
- Ravi ShankarSelf
- Krishna DasSelf
- Hitendra WadhwaSelf
- Mas VidalSelf
- Li Miao TsengSelf
- Francis ClooneySelf
- Varun SoniSelf
- Brother VishwanandaSelf
- Deepak ChopraSelf
Stills
Themes
meditationmystichinduyogaspiritualitywoman directormysticism