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Meet the Patels works on multiple levels, offering an affably entertaining documentary about one man looking for love while posing thoughtful questions about cultural assimilation and modern romance.
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This highly personal and lighthearted documentary gives some social context but never dives deep on the potentially devastating cultural divide it is exploring. Oct 16, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
This highly personal and lighthearted documentary gives some social context but never dives deep on the potentially devastating cultural divide it is exploring.
Kate Taylor
[A] gently humourous doc. Oct 15, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
[A] gently humourous doc.
Bruce DeMara
[A] charming, if completely obvious, documentary. Oct 8, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
[A] charming, if completely obvious, documentary.
Barbara VanDenburgh
Ultimately a touching, funny documentary about family and cultural forces putting pressure on a first-generation Indian-American man to do what should come naturally: find love and a life partner. Sep 24, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Ultimately a touching, funny documentary about family and cultural forces putting pressure on a first-generation Indian-American man to do what should come naturally: find love and a life partner.
Tom Keogh
We enjoy Ravi's search for suitable mates, and we like his family. In the end, they just want each other to be happy - and that's all that matters. Sep 24, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
We enjoy Ravi's search for suitable mates, and we like his family. In the end, they just want each other to be happy - and that's all that matters.
David Lewis
Meet the Patels ends up being much more than a movie about a guy going out on dates. It's about shifting identities, parental expectations and trying to hold on to a life raft of tradition in a swirling sea of change. And it's pretty funny, too. Sep 24, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
Meet the Patels ends up being much more than a movie about a guy going out on dates. It's about shifting identities, parental expectations and trying to hold on to a life raft of tradition in a swirling sea of change. And it's pretty funny, too.
Cary Darling
Well-balanced and intimate without being invasive, Meet the Patels is one of the best documentaries you'll see this year and without a doubt is a film for everyone, no matter who you are. Apr 10, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Well-balanced and intimate without being invasive, Meet the Patels is one of the best documentaries you'll see this year and without a doubt is a film for everyone, no matter who you are.
Mae Abdulbaki
Pulsing underneath it is a sibling rivalry that gives the film enough tension to make it more than just a fluff piece about modern relationships. Aug 28, 2018 | Rating: 3.25/5 | Full Review…
Pulsing underneath it is a sibling rivalry that gives the film enough tension to make it more than just a fluff piece about modern relationships.
Pat Padua
It's a warm-hearted and very entertaining film. Oct 10, 2017 | Full Review…
It's a warm-hearted and very entertaining film.
M. Faust
[Meet the Patels] bills itself as 'a reallife romantic comedy' and it's a scream and also moving and fascinating and an absolute delight. Aug 31, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[Meet the Patels] bills itself as 'a reallife romantic comedy' and it's a scream and also moving and fascinating and an absolute delight.
Deborah Ross
It's an authentic look at the sociology of dating that we just don't talk about enough -- especially among marginalized cultures. And that's something to champion in and of itself. Mar 21, 2017 | Rating: B | Full Review…
It's an authentic look at the sociology of dating that we just don't talk about enough -- especially among marginalized cultures. And that's something to champion in and of itself.
Candice Frederick
In this divisive culture some have worked hard to establish it's important to see a film that reminds us that despite our differences, we all have a lot more in common. Jun 16, 2016 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
In this divisive culture some have worked hard to establish it's important to see a film that reminds us that despite our differences, we all have a lot more in common.
Jeffrey Lyles
An interesting look at the world of modern arranged marriages featuring a real doofus who finally realizes at the end of the film what the viewer knows from the start..no spoilers provided. With a more compelling main character, this film would be a heck of a lot more meaningful.
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