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A big, fat wedding movie worth the invite.(The Dallas Morning News)
In late 2001 and early 2002, a spicy ethnic marriage movie was making waves and sending audiences home singing. It was a moving, richly textured look at pre-nuptial jitters, a feel-good film that also happened to very smart.
Of course, that was before a big-screen sitcom called "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" conquered the summer box office. So now that "Monsoon Wedding" has hit DVD shelves, it's time to acknowledge which low budget bridegroom will still hold up after a few years.
Mira Nair's little gem shines in all directions: Well-acted by a cast made up largely of non-professionals (and members of Nair's family), shot with a sense of passion and urgency, ...
- NAIR'S `MONSOON WEDDING' A BLESSED CINEMATIC EVENT.(Spotlight)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) March 2, 2002 700+ words
...For me, Mira Nair's exuberant Monsoon Wedding will always connect to an unsettling...perfect film for that awful moment. Monsoon Wedding deals with a Punjabi family on the...draw lines in the sand. Although Monsoon Wedding brims with life, my conversation...
- `Monsoon Wedding' moves Indian film into complex aspects of family.(Milwaukee...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Dudek, Duane March 31, 2002 700+ words
...movie "on my own terms." Her "Monsoon Wedding" is a colorful, vivacious and musical...Bombay!," about street children. "Monsoon Wedding" is an example of "embracing and...and dance numbers and so on." "Monsoon Wedding," which won the Golden Lion award...
- Monsoon Wedding.(Video Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Video Store Tiffany, Laura September 22, 2002 700+ words
Monsoon Wedding Street 9/24 Universal, Comedy...Tilotama Shome, Vasundhara Das. Monsoon Wedding is a colorful, joyous celebration...family coming together can be. Monsoon Wedding is more than just an examination...
- `Monsoon Wedding'.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Macdonald, Moira March 20, 2002 700+ words
...Mira Nair's warmhearted new movie "Monsoon Wedding" _ an appropriate endnote for a film...too many movies drenched in gray, "Monsoon Wedding" is pure pleasure. Nair is an India...Shop products in her bathroom. "Monsoon Wedding," though, is less a look at India...
- `Monsoon Wedding'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hewitt, Chris March 6, 2002 700+ words
...pleasure from the opening credits of "Monsoon Wedding" than from most whole movies. It...delivers on the opening credits' vow. "Monsoon Wedding" plays out like most nuptials do...strained family portrait at the end of "Monsoon Wedding," you know what's lurking behind...
- `Monsoon Wedding'.
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) March 6, 2002 700+ words
...pleasure from the opening credits of "Monsoon Wedding" than from most whole movies. It...delivers on the opening credits' vow. "Monsoon Wedding" plays out like most nuptials do...strained family portrait at the end of "Monsoon Wedding," you know what's lurking behind...
- 'Monsoon' Season.(Rollerball, Hart's War, Monsoon Wedding, Esther Kahn)
- Magazine article from: The Nation KLAWANS, STUART March 18, 2002 700+ words
...ROLLERBALL * HART'S WAR * MONSOON WEDDING * ESTHER KAHN Why, asked my...something--and when I got to Monsoon Wedding, the new movie directed by...single great rush of energy, Monsoon Wedding is good because it spills over...
- Monsoon Wedding. .(Movie Review)
- Magazine article from: Cineaste Geller, Conrad September 22, 2002 700+ words
...really is, seems right on target for Monsoon Wedding, at least at the beginning. A harried...emotionally important to them. So Monsoon Wedding shows its unmistakably Indian paternity...released at about the same time as Monsoon Wedding, Lagaan (directed by Ashutosh Gowariker...
