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.
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
The movie pretty much collapses upon the fulcrum of Kyle MacLachlan's Cary Grant.
A harmless, lightweight romantic comedy that does everything that you expect it to.
[A] gay dramedy that recycles a tired coming-out-of-the-closet plot and dabbles in Eastern-Western culture clash.
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?
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.
It provides plenty of laughs to make it enjoyable and enough substance to make it worth your time.
Contrived and stodgy, Touch of Pink starts with an expectation- loweringly awful idea and then executes it poorly.
Could have made more of its quirks, but for all its sincerity, it's just another banal coming-out movie.
Despite being a tad too familiar and tired in premise, film contains some charming performances and quirky script.
A hit-and-miss affair that has its heart in the right place but treads a razor thin line between romantic and ridiculous.
Significantly smarter than any Tom Hanks pabulum we're force-fed every couple of years.
[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
Oh, goodie, another "my old-country ethnic family doesn't understand me" comedy.
Ian Iqbal Rashid's movie, flawed as it is, works precisely because of its fantasy elements.
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.
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