The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Gurinder ChadhaDirector
- Paul Mayeda BergesScreenplay
- Gurinder ChadhaScreenplay
- Craig PruessOriginal Music Composer
- Saurabh VaibhavOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Shabana AzmiMrs. Sethi
- Goldy NotayRoopi Sethi
- Sendhil RamamurthyD S Raj Murthy
- Sally HawkinsLinda / Gitali
- Mark AddyD I Smythe
- Ray PanthakiJazz Sethi
- Lalita AhmedOld Woman at Market
- Zoë WanamakerMrs. Goldman
- Don WarringtonChief Superintendent
- Jimi MistryDev
- Harvey VirdiOverbearing Mother
- Preeya KalidasKarishma