MONSOON WEDDING ... What a gem! (1 Viewer)

[Aurel Savin]

Just watched this last night after reading some good reviews when it originally came out in the theater and after immensly enjoying Mira Nair's Hysterical Blindness on HBO.
I cannot believe that this movie has not been discussed at all on this forum. What an amazing Altmanesque assamble piece with very colorful and lovable characters. I have a lot of Indian friends and am familiar with Indian culture so this was a bonus, but the film was a homerun.
The P.K.Dubai character stole the show for me. His over-the-top performance in the first half and very subtle introspecting second half performance was dead on. I actually know people like that
The DTS track was a little harsh on the DVD for some reason. The music was fine but the dialogue had a little too much highs.
One of the best foreign films I have seen since Amores Perros. Looking forward to buying this one ...

 

[Michael Reuben]

I cannot believe that this movie has not been discussed at all on this forum.

Plenty of discussion in the Movies forum while the film was still in theaters, e.g.:
Monsoon Wedding - A must see for fans of good cinema!
And then of course there's the 2-page thread in Software on the disc itself:
"Monsoon Wedding" Not Anamorphic!
M.

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Michael beat me to it. It was also discussed in the indie thread.

~Edwin

 

[Sanjay Gupta]

Too bad the Universal DVD of the film is not half as good as the film itself. The film itself is an absolute favorite of mine.

Sanjay

 

[John Randolph]

I didn't like the film...it just didn't interest me.