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Partition (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 20

Fresh: 8

Rotten:12

Average Rating: 5.2/10

Consensus: A disappointing melodrama focussing on the partition of India and Pakistan. Strange cross-culture casting doesn’t help the pedestrian script and direction.

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Set in India during the regime of the British Colonial Empire, this historical drama tells the story of the forbidden love between a Sikh soldier, Gian Singh (Jimi Mistry), and an Islamic teenager,... Set in India during the regime of the British Colonial Empire, this historical drama tells the story of the forbidden love between a Sikh soldier, Gian Singh (Jimi Mistry), and an Islamic teenager, Naseem (Kristin Kreuk). [More]

Starring: Kristin Kreuk, Jimi Mistry, Neve Campbell

Starring: Kristin Kreuk, Jimi Mistry, Neve Campbell

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Apr 8, 2008

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Set in the years surrounding independence in India, this slightly melodramatic film has a strong emotional kick that manages to bring both the romance and the religious-political situation vividly to life.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
09/12/08
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

In short, Partition is a watchable slice of melodrama that's worth seeing for the performances of the three leads.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
09/12/08
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

It is, however, watchable throughout as a document about the individual human tragedies that the advent of Partition threw up.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
09/12/08
Derek Malcolm
This is London

If feeling alone were the benchmark of great art, Vic Sarin's film would be considerable, but the screenplay is desperately poor and the direction leaden.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
09/12/08
Anthony Quinn
Independent

The film is breathless, big-canvased and scored for big emotions: a pavilion of the heart and senses threatened only when characters open a flap to let in anachronistic dialogue or the giveaways of cross-culture casting.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
09/12/08
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

Sarin acts as his own DoP and the lensing is unsurprisingly ace, but he’s at a loss when it comes to injecting pace and tension. Bollywood’s Gadar told the same story better in 2001...

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
09/12/08
Naman Ramachandran
Total Film

Mistry and the Canadian-born Kreuk deliver workmanlike performances even if the film has the feel of the Sunday night TV movie.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
09/12/08
Tim Evans
Sky Movies

Dull historical epic set during the Indian massacres of 1947.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
09/12/08
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph

But this is a film that lumbers under its epic ambitions and at nearly two hours long - with some awkward plotting to boot - scenes drag, grand and momentous, but crushing anything so fragile as human feelings.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
09/12/08
Cath Clarke
Guardian [UK]

It’s the taboo and tender romance between Mistry and Kreuk that will shift the serious tickets.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
09/12/08
James Christopher
Times [UK]

A brave if earnest attempt to articulate historical issues that remain pertinent.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
09/12/08
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film

The period reconstructions are impressive but the script and direction are a little pedestrian.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
09/12/08
Wally Hammond
Time Out

More melodramatic than momentous.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
09/09/08
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

Partition doesn’t add many new ideas to the mix, but the deep colors and complex textures supplied by Indian-born cinematographer-turned-director Vic Sarin seem to embody the intensity of his boyhood memories.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
03/27/08
David Chute
L.A. Weekly

Since the story didn't draw me in too much I frequently found myself admiring the intricate scenery instead.

Full Review Source: Calgary Movies | comment Comment
10/13/07
Ryan Cracknell
Calgary Movies

Disappointing simply because it is so close to being outstanding; we're left with a sense that some key scenes explaining the characters' motivations are missing.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
06/23/07
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Bloated, melodramatic and unbearably tedious.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
02/06/07
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

Where the film stumbles is the script, overcrowded with bits of business and scenes that lean heavily on the symbolic.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
02/02/07
Jennie Punter
Globe and Mail
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[Director] Sarin was aiming for an epic and arrived at episodic. That might have been okay if the episodes weren't so partitioned from each other, the flashbacks failing to illuminate the present action.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
02/02/07
Susan Walker
Toronto Star
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Partition is big and ambitious, but the storytelling gets too close to melodrama too often. The film is clunky, the acting fairly wooden; Neve Campbell seems to struggle with her English accent.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
02/02/07
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies
 
 
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