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Mississippi Masala (1991)

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Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0

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Average Rating: 3.4/5
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Mississippi Masala is a tale of how prejudice makes victims and instigators of us all. In 1972, Indian Jay (Roshan Seth), a resident of Uganda, is forced by the bigoted Amin regime to take his family and flee the country. He vows to hate and distrust all blacks--at least until he is able to reclaim the real estate stolen from him by the Ugandan government. Flash-forward to 1990: Jay and his family have settled in Mississippi. Seth's daughter Mina (Sarit Choudhury) makes the acquaintance of

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Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy

May 27, 2003

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (4) | DVD (5)

It may be longwinded here and there, but Mississippi Masala jumps with life.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
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An utterly infectious romance between an African American and an Indian African emigre, this seductively funny film measures the pull of roots against the tug of heartstrings.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Washington Post
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Surprisingly funny and cheerful at times.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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Unlike Lee's Jungle Fever, which also deals with interracial romance, Nair's film is non-judgmental, taking neither moral ground nor faulting any group. Released when national boundaries were crumbling it was a poignant work about the meaning of home.

October 4, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
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Washington and Choudhury definitely make for an attractive ethnic couple in Nair's cross-cultural love story. However, this staid romancer doesn't escape the distinction of its conventional makeup.

May 28, 2003
TheWorldJournal.com

Challenges us to add more respect and tolerance to America's cultural stew of many colors.

August 29, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice
Spirituality and Practice

Zesty, spicy, sexy!

August 21, 2002
Zap2it.com

Nair and her screenwriter, Sooni Taraporevala, sometimes lose their focus trying to juggle half a dozen subplots. But it's nice to see a movie with a broad reach.

January 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Movieline
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Audience Reviews for Mississippi Masala

Very Romeo and Juilet like love story seeped in cultural differences and misconceptions. Great film. Mira Nair is fantastic.
March 3, 2008
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The merging of cultures makes for an enchanting love story that gets waylaid by issues of race and color in a believable way. Mina (Sarita Choudhury) is the daughter of an Indian family who fled Uganda for Mississippi. She develops a relationship with Demetrius (Denzel Washington), a local man. Her family does not approve of her dating a black man, and Demetrius' friends don't like him dating an Indian woman. Lighter-skinned than the blacks, the Indians abhor the notion of interracial romance. The love affair between these two draws out the anger of their two communities and the whites in town. Nobody, it seems, approves of this unusual mix or as the film title implies, this Mississippi Masala.
Denzel Washington is an actor of immense and natural charm, and he makes a good match with Sarita Choudhury.
February 5, 2010
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