Kumaré Reviews

What started as a long, elaborate joke becomes a journey, both for Gandhi's students and for the filmmaker himself.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Your view of the film may hinge on whether you can accept the ethics of his fakery.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

There's a Morgan Spurlock narcissism to "Kumaré." It could just as well have been called "Super-Spiritualize Me."

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4

As "Kumaré" plays out, both Gandhi and the film become something else, something much more thoughtful and moving.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

It's a fascinating social experiment, but not much of a movie.

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When I first heard this film described, I assumed it would be a satirical, snarky comedy like Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat." Not so.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

A sort of kinder, gentler "Borat."

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

If this sounds like reality TV, it basically is. It is also an extremely mean trick. What redeems "Kumaré" and its director is that Gandhi knows that.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Almost a 21st-century illustration of the principles described in William James' "Varieties of Religious Experience."

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[A] dubious Borat-esque documentary.

Full Review | Original Score: C

[An] ambiguous exploration of religion, teaching and spiritual leadership.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Prepare to have your assumptions pitched out the window by this tense, surprisingly probing satirical documentary...

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Kumaré struggles mightily to emerge from its well-rendered cleverness, and doesn't begin to seriously explore the sense of emptiness plaguing too many.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5