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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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As much as it aspires to mimic the charm of old Cary Grant pictures, Touch of Pink is hardly worthy of comparison to even the least of Grant's films.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
08/13/04
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Miami Herald
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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
08/13/04
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The movie pretty much collapses upon the fulcrum of Kyle MacLachlan's Cary Grant.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/13/04
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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A harmless, lightweight romantic comedy that does everything that you expect it to.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
08/12/04
Paul Doro
Paul Doro
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

[A] gay dramedy that recycles a tired coming-out-of-the-closet plot and dabbles in Eastern-Western culture clash.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
08/12/04
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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?

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/12/04
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Hysterically pitched and woefully lacking in scripted wit.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/08/04
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Pleasant but predictable comedy.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/06/04
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Exploring the relationships between the three principles is where the movie works best... Touch Of Pink could have a touch less fantasy and a touch more realism.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
08/06/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

It provides plenty of laughs to make it enjoyable and enough substance to make it worth your time.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/05/04
Winda Benedetti
Winda Benedetti
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Contrived and stodgy, Touch of Pink starts with an expectation- loweringly awful idea and then executes it poorly.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
08/05/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Could have made more of its quirks, but for all its sincerity, it's just another banal coming-out movie.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
08/05/04
Ariana Falk
Ariana Falk
Dallas Morning News

Despite being a tad too familiar and tired in premise, film contains some charming performances and quirky script.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
08/05/04
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

A hit-and-miss affair that has its heart in the right place but treads a razor thin line between romantic and ridiculous.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
08/03/04
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Significantly smarter than any Tom Hanks pabulum we're force-fed every couple of years.

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
08/03/04
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times

[has the] light touch that characterized those fluffy romances that Hollywood churned out with wild abandon during its Golden Age, and then gives it some bite

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/31/04
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Oh, goodie, another "my old-country ethnic family doesn't understand me" comedy.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
07/31/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Ian Iqbal Rashid's movie, flawed as it is, works precisely because of its fantasy elements.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/30/04
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle

It's all wearisome and pathetic.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
07/30/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
07/23/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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