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Critics Consensus: An ambitious exploration of the immigrant experience with a talented cast that serves the material well.
Critic Consensus: An ambitious exploration of the immigrant experience with a talented cast that serves the material well.
All Critics (132) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (114) | Rotten (18) | DVD (5)
What holds it together are the subtle loving performances by Tabu and Khan, both Bollywoood stars. They never overplay, never spell out what can be said in a glance or a shrug, communicate great passion very quietly.
It is a saga told in small pieces, a patchwork of short scenes that tumble after each other almost apologetically, as if they would love to linger a little longer, but there is too much to tell and only so much time in which to do it.
Penn is just wrong for it.
There were many moments when I found myself wanting to refer to the book to find out what really happened.
Intelligent and insightful, The Namesake celebrates family in a unique way.
This is a wonderful movie.
There are bound to be quibbles about whether they get their Bengali right or whether Nair captures the culture and ethos. But it still can't take much away from this humane, warm and elegantly crafted film.
The Namesake is an unhurried, insightful and deeply moving generational drama that cannot be recommended highly enough.
The Namesake captures the interior struggle between centuries of history and the appeal of living only in the now, and it's grippingly beautiful and overwhelmingly moving.
Since Nair made such a stir with her fresh approach to William Thackeray's Vanity Fair, the fact that she simply translated The Namesake from page to screen proves to be a bit of a letdown.
Sprawling, uneven, heartfelt
Buoyed by terrific performances from Irrfan Kahn and the tremendous Tabu, the film is a bit homogenized but does a good job of exploring the dynamics of blending foreign cultures with American ways of life.
A beautiful journey through places, times, and mainly the souls of a group of fascinating people, struggling to find themselves in the midst of all the changes that come with life.
Super Reviewer
This film, about a young Bengali American wrestling with a cultural identity crisis, is a nice take on the culture clash/cultural identity film, and also marks a nice change of pace for Kal Penn. True, he had a serious role on House, but there was also a lot of humor.This is a more mature work for him, even though Gogol isn't too far removed from Kumar. Gogol is more smart and serious though. All the cliched words like touching, heartwarming, etc apply here, and the film hits some familair beats, but it's not totally unoriginal thanks to how everything is conducted and presented. This is obviously a labor of love for Nair, and she does a great job, especially since she can relate to the material. All of the perforances are terrific, but Penn, Tabu, and Khan are the real strong points here. Give this one a shot. It's far from brilliant or new, but it is well played, and gives some welcome portrayals of India and Indian culture.
A beautiful film, great screenplay and direction that brings a terrific cast. Fresh.
I actually watched this for a Film & Literature class and really liked it. The struggles between old world and new world were interesting and are something I think everyone can relate to. I especially liked seeing Kal Penn in a serious role. Good to know he can pull that off.
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