| Critics
Reviews |
Average
Grade: |
B+ |
|
|
Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...entertaining and alert, a production
fully felt..."
more... |
B+ |
Chicago
Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a powerful
movie..."
more... |
A |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"...often
episodic and dramatically rushed."
more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"moving and
marvelous...cross-cultural family saga..."
more... |
A- |
Filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"...the
director has found her most apt presentation
of the American way..."
more... |
B |
New York
Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...this
gorgeously designed and photographed movie
artfully depicts the immigrant experience in
ways that transcend its setting..."
more... |
B+ |
New York
Times
Stephen Holden |
"...expresses a
reassuring faith in family solidarity."
more... |
B+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...has a scope
that many multi-generational stories lack."
more... |
A- |
Rolling
Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a
generational family saga everyone can relate
to..."
more... |
B |
San
Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"...a deeply
moving saga of several generations of a
Bengali family..."
more... |
B |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"The actors are
all well-cast, thoughtful and sometimes
funny."
more... |
A- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...an engaging
and moving film with a universal story..."
more... |
A- |
