Review of Monsoon Wedding (2001) by Michael L — 21 Sep 2011

Mira Nair's 'Monsoon Wedding' was an absolute triumph for this viewer. I extremely impressed by the multitude of sub-plots which were written as simple stories yet packed a wallop when meshed into the rewarding finale.

This served as a somewhat naive introduction to modern Indian culture via cinema but followed the dual language dialog with subtitles (of note were a little shabby) and enjoyed this zesty celebration of life and love.

Very funny moments coupled cleverly with extremely serious matters in other quite delicate/risqué scenes - really captured the duality method of storytelling this most welcome to see in realistic comedy/dramas.

My only reservation, albeit a slight one, was with some of the actors performances which weak and almost amateurish. Not in the case to of the key/lead roles but some of the supporting/minor characters but otherwise a sweet and memorable film experience.