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06/23/07
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Amu (2005)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:16
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.4/10
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08/30/07
We wait a long time for the political points to become resonant as the movie slogs through aimless, dull, family chit-chat.
05/10/07
Too bad first-time writer-director Shonali Bose's juxtaposition of the personal and the political often feels forced, and like many didactic history lessons, this one's about 20 minutes too long.
05/23/07
The movie has its share of wobbly moments, and the resolution feels a bit like a cop-out.
05/26/07
The flat, pat talk is symptomatic of Amu's overriding problem: It has no sense of personal style.
05/25/07
Fails to grab the imagination as it unfolds in familiar TV-movie fashion.
05/25/07
[Amu] is clearly a labor of love for the activist filmmaker, as she breaks all the traditional inhibitions of Bollywood to remind the world of -- and, for most of us, reveal for the first time -- one of the most shameful episodes in Indian history.
05/30/07
Top CriticA work of evident passion and outrage, Amu is also remarkable for its humanism and persuasive, natural presentation.
06/15/07
An admirable labor of love that stumbles dramatically but gets along on its sincere good intentions.
06/14/07
Top CriticThe flashback sequences are vibrant and intense, and the film’s long closing shot is so dense with feeling for a nation and its people that Bose deserves to be noted as a filmmaker to watch.
06/14/07
Writer-director Shonali Bose makes a sensational feature debut with this moving, powerful and suspenseful film.
05/24/07
[Director Bose] has a genuine gift for atmosphere, making the many wordless scenes, in teeming streets and on crowded trains, the movie's best.
05/25/07
Shot with remarkable confidence and an understated eloquence.
06/21/07
Top CriticIn Shonali Bose's tightly constructed debut feature (2005) a young Indian-American woman from Los Angeles returns to Delhi for the first time since childhood to visit her relatives.
05/25/07
Less about finger-pointing than a plea for India to confront its past.
06/15/07
Top CriticGood intentions do eventually trump mediocre drama and the climactic flashbacks of the riots, as Sikhs are torn out of homes and trains by murderous mobs, are the stuff of nightmares.
02/16/07
Top CriticAt times, it wobbles too close to melodrama, but the performances are strong and the history upon which the story is based is so devastating that the film packs a wallop despite its faults.
02/16/07
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