While MacLachlan captures Grant's regal confidence, his overenunciation and hammy gestures lean more into caricature than imitation.
Touch of Pink (2004)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:22
Rotten:38
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Kyle MacLachlan does a very good imitation Cary Grant in this forced and contrived tale.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content and brief language
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Jul 16, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $188,206
Synopsis: Jimi Mistry (THE GURU, EAST IS EAST) stars in this charming and surprisingly poignant romantic comedy, which is driven by the humor that infuses the multifaceted cultural divide between the young... Jimi Mistry (THE GURU, EAST IS EAST) stars in this charming and surprisingly poignant romantic comedy, which is driven by the humor that infuses the multifaceted cultural divide between the young and old, Indian and Western, gay and straight--not to mention real and imaginary, alive and dead--characters. Alim is a young South Indian movie photographer living in London after relocating there from Canada. He lives with his boyfriend Giles (Kristen Holden-Reid), as well as the ghost of Cary Grant (Kyle MacLachlan), whom only Alim can see. Pursuing the ideal world presented in the films of Grant-era Hollywood, Alim seeks and then follows the advice of the ghost. This works out pretty well until his mother Nuru decides to come for a visit. She is a conservative Indian mother who is concerned at Alim's bachelorhood, especially in light of her nephew's impending wedding and the friendly sibling rivalry she shares with his mother. Madcap confusion ensues as Alim tries to keep Giles' true identity and his own, from being discovered by his mother, all the while trying to maintain composure in the style of his mentor. [More]
Starring: Jimi Mistry, Kyle MacLachlan, Suleka Mathew, Kristen Holden-Ried
Starring: Jimi Mistry, Kyle MacLachlan, Suleka Mathew, Kristen Holden-Ried
Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Screenwriter: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
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Reviews for Touch of Pink
...more self-congratulatory than genuinely edgy, and the best reason to see it is MacLachlan's tidy impersonation.
There are two crucial bits of miscasting, one bad, one good, both distracting.
There are hundreds of reasons for and possibilities in reupholstering romantic comedies with a queer eye, but the movies like Touch of Pink are too busy teaching feel-good lessons to even try.
Rashid infuses Touch of Pink with the spirit and energy of the classic romantic comedies that it evokes while painting a portrait of a richly characterized mother and son who unwittingly share a mutual affection for cinema.
How can [Rashid's] admittedly playful anti-Hollywood fantasy theme stick, when the movie itself is so saturated in big-studio values, fantasies and hokum and shot in a lower-budget approximation of the 1960s Hollywood style?
Even MacLachlan's surprisingly witty performance can't compensate for the trite screenplay and Mistry's lack of charisma.
Could have made more of its quirks, but for all its sincerity, it's just another banal coming-out movie.
Much of the problem with Touch of Pink rests with Mistry, whose nice guy appeal registers even less than it did in his previous starring vehicles, The Guru and The Mystic Masseur.
An uncomfortable jumble of Harvey, Bend It Like Beckham and The Birdcage.
Romantic Gay Muslim Screwball Retro Comedies should at least have the foresight to deliver on half the genre labels it establishes for itself.
[It's] a blend of trite plot points and obnoxious characters, held together by the notion that you should be watching something else instead.
A mildly amusing gay comedy, with the only novel point of Cary Grant serving as a spiritual mentor; the rest is formula.
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