I For India Reviews
Top CriticA surprisingly delicate, quietly emotional documentary look at the experiences of one Indian family that immigrated to England in the 1960s.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
L.A. Weekly
Sandhya Suri strikes humanist gold in her feature-filmmaking debut.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
It's a tale that many immigrant families around the world could tell, but probably without as much documentation.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Film-Forward.com
The best home movies you'll see. Really.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Despite its rough-hewn technical aspects, "I for India" emerges as a moving portrait of cultural dislocation and the emotional complexities of family dynamics.
Film Journal International
It's a must-see for everyone, especially the Lou Dobbses and Tom Tancredos of the world.
In I for India Sandhya Suri offers her family's immigrant experience as a springboard for questions of nationality and filial responsibility.
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Slant Magazine
I for India acts as a ravishing film-on-film commentary.
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| Original Score: 3/4
November seems late enough to call this one of the richest documentaries of the year.
Suri's film is a loving tribute to her family that never feels like an invasion of their privacy, and a potent, heartfelt meditation on time, home and identity.
Daily Telegraph
A remarkable meditation on the agonies and enigmas of migration.
Guardian [UK]
Warm, watchable film-making.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Financial Times
A picture of cultural displacement and Anglo-Indian rapprochement almost worthy of EM Forster.
Film4
A fascinating, heartrending, beautifully compiled glimpse into one expatriate family's filmed self-portrait.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Total Film
Perceptive and powerful.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Empire Magazine
A deeply moving portrait of a family trying to retain their indigenous identity.
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| Original Score: 4/5
A rare and precious insight into the immigrant experience.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Shadows on the Wall
Works beautifully both as an intensely personal family history and as an intriguing comment on today's global culture.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
