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Mystic Masseur (2001)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:13
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Though pretty to look at, The Mystic Masseur is too slow-paced and lacks narrative tension.
Theatrical Release:May 3, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $291,000
Synopsis: THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is a delightfully warm, funny drama about Ganesh (Assif Mandvi), an ethnic Indian living in Trinidad. While working as a teacher in Port of Spain, Ganesh learns of his father's... [More]
Starring: Aasif Mandvi, Om Puri, Jimi Mistry, Ayesha Dharker
Director: Ismail Merchant
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Reviews for Mystic Masseur
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07/21/05
Top CriticA real clunker. A well-made, thoughtful, well-acted clunker, but a clunker nonetheless.
11/04/02
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10/26/02
Top CriticA warm-hearted gem of a film.
07/20/02
Top CriticThough Ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way, there's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention.
06/01/02
Top CriticA worthwhile way to spend two hours.
05/31/02
Top CriticA mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book.
05/31/02
Top CriticThough Merchant elicits lovely performances that have the calypso music of the local patois, the narrative rhythms of his movie are choppy, abrupt.
05/24/02
Top CriticA wry, affectionate delight.
05/17/02
Top CriticMerchant's attention to Trinidadian culture, locales and general atmosphere is inescapably alluring.
05/17/02
Top CriticEven if the Naipaul original remains the real masterpiece, the movie possesses its own languorous charm.
05/17/02
Top CriticThe result is an eccentric, amusing fable that moves at an unhurried island pace, a picturesque tale that Merchant seems to have invested with an almost personal sense of spirit.
05/17/02
Top CriticWhere it might have been urbane, witty, ironic and politically charged, The Mystic Masseur is merely scenic, melodious and occasionally amusing.
05/17/02
Top CriticThe Mystic Masseur is billed as a comedy, but it's not very funny. It's a social satire, but it's not all that insightful.
05/17/02
Top CriticIt starts slowly, has few dramatic peaks and sketchy character development, and meanders without momentum.
05/17/02
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05/12/02
Top CriticThis steadily engrossing film captures the book's bracing humor and humanity.
05/08/02
Top CriticI was completely underwhelmed by this movie.
05/06/02
Top CriticIt's a charmed and frequently charming journey, but like Naipaul's flawed hero, the film suffers from unchecked ambition.
05/03/02
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