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Movie Info

Nina Shah (Shelley Conn), a closeted lesbian, returns to Scotland following her father's death and discovers that the family restaurant is for sale. Nina's father secretly entered a "Best of the West" curry competition before his death, and Nina vows to win the contest and save the eatery. Lisa (Laura Fraser), a charismatic woman who owns half of the business, agrees to help Nina, and soon the kitchen heats up with more than exotic spices when Nina falls in love with Lisa.

Rating:

PG-13 (Some Sexual Content)
Genre:

romance, gay and lesbian
Original Language:

English
Director:

Pratibha Parmar
Producer:

Pratibha Parmar, Chris Atkins, Marion Pilowsky
Writer:

Andrea Gibb
Release Date (Theaters):

Nov 21, 2007 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Jun 18, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$9.6K
Runtime:

1h 36m
Production Co:

Scottish Screen, Priority Films, Scion Films, Kali Films

Cast & Crew

Shelley Conn
Nina

Laura Fraser
Lisa

Ronny Jhutti
Bobbi

Art Malik
Raj

Raji James
Sanjay

Veena Sood
Suman

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Critical Consensus: Enchanted Bewitches, Hitman Misses, No Country is Certified Fresh

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Critic Reviews for Nina's Heavenly Delights

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (16)

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November 17, 2011 | Rating: 3/5

Maitland McDonagh
Time Out
Nina's Heavenly Delights hints at better-simmered versions of similar dishes.

February 1, 2008 | Rating: 2/4

Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
A lightweight and sentimental exercise that succeeds at little except maybe inspiring the viewer to go out and find a decent curry.

December 7, 2007 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
This combination of melodrama, comedy, music and romance eventually falls under the weight of its endlessly stereotypical characters, dialogue and situations.

December 5, 2007

Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
This movie's heart is in the right place, which is one way of saying it's terrible.

November 30, 2007 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Kyle Smith
New York Post
A cloying blend of Bollywood sentiment and Amlie whimsy, Nina's Heavenly Delights is a lesbian-foodie fairy tale that keeps its appetites well under control.

November 30, 2007 | Rating: 1.5/5

Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
offers high production values while telling a conventional tale with several moderately unexpected twists.

September 21, 2008 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…

Sarah Boslaugh
Playback:stl
Touches of magic realism indicate we are in an ideal world where love will, if not conquer everything, then pretty much hug it into submission.

June 14, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film
You know a cross-cultural, gender-bending dramedy has issues, when its most memorable moment is a blasphemous, bouncy Bollywood musical finale featuring a female impersonator.

November 25, 2007 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Kam Williams
NewsBlaze
Parmar scores pleasant performances across the board...Yet the story is bland, like it's been over-workshopped in a screenwriting class, too polite and too smooth around the edges.

November 24, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Jay Antani
Boxoffice Magazine
The novelty value of an east meets west cultural dynamic isn't enough to disguise how late Nina's Heavenly Delights is to the celluloid coming out party.

November 20, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com
It's a lovely ideal, and the food dishes are photographed scrumptiously, but the whole thing comes off undercooked.

November 20, 2007 | Full Review…

Frank Lovece
Film Journal International

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Audience Reviews for Nina's Heavenly Delights

Nov 22, 2010

I really loved Pratibha Parmar's work on "Nina's Heavenly Delights" and that's the reason I am so pissed off that there is rarely a chance for the character of a dyke to be realistically portrayed - or at least, believably enough for the gay audience to give it a pass. Laura Fraser is cute, but why on earth can't we see a real dyke playing a dyke on screen? Are they so hard to find? That's alI I have to say on this. "Politiki Kouzina" for lesbians!

Anastasia B Super Reviewer
Dec 08, 2007

Great movie!! Excellent story plot. This movie follows the life of Nina who has a special interest and talent in cuisine that was taught alongside her father. She comes home for her father's funeral and soon embarks upon new changes in life, especially discovering love. Great cast- Raji James, Shelley Conn, Laura Fraser, and Francisco Bosch. Fantastic music!! Definitely worthy.

Leo L Super Reviewer
Oct 01, 2007

Very fun, very cute lesbian romance with a hint of Bollywood and lots of Scottish charme. The German audience at the Gay & Lesbian film festival was very, very thankful about the subtitles - Glasgow accent is always a challenge.

Ina S Super Reviewer