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The Namesake

The Namesake

86%

PG-13, 2 hr. 2 min.
Drama
Directed By:
Mira Nair

In Theaters:
Sep 2, 2006 Wide

On DVD:
Nov 27, 2007
Fox Searchlight Pictures

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The Namesake
2 minutes 26 seconds

Added: May 9, 2008

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Critic Review - eye WEEKLY

Mira Nair's handsome but inert adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's Pulitizer Prize winning novel is another reminder of the fact that some books were not born to be movies.

September 23, 2006 Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY

Source: eye WEEKLY

| Comment (1)

Jason Anderson

eye WEEKLY

Comments

'The Namesake' didn't win the Pulitzer. Lahiri's previous book, 'Interpreter of Maladies', did.

Feb 20 - 02:18 PM

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