Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Monsoon Wedding (2001)

Synopsis: An arranged wedding in India. The film tells several micro-stories involving the many characters: the bride, the bride's stepsister, the bride's younger brother, the wedding contractor, the housemaid, etc. One subplot deals with child molesting; there are also some romance-oriented subplots; and some parenting issues involving the younger son.
Appraisal: It's very well directed, but I think that the film suffers from being too trivial at times; also, the dramatic conflicts are kept at a superficial level, probably because there are so many subplots that there would be no way to devote a lot of time to each of them without making the film overlong.
Rating: 61

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