Review of Provoked (2007) by Sarah J — 11 Nov 2007

Really good. Ash's most emotional role yet.

This review of Provoked (2007) was written by Sarah J on 11 Nov 2007.

Provoked has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 25 Jul 2016

For all the gushy feelings, the plight of women like Kiranjit, bound not only by domineering, often physically abusive husbands but by racism…

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By Carina Chocano (358) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 28 Apr 2011

Chopped into episodes headed by typewritten dates, Provoked turns the case of a lifetime into something straight out of Lifetime…

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By Josi A (1) on 12 Jul 2012

Aish should have won an Oscar for her acting in this one…

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By David Q (102) on 18 Apr 2010

It was okay. Aishwarya, Naveen, and Miranda were clearly the best actors of the film and that's not saying much, but it was fine…

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By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Jan 2011

No one breaks into song, but this fact-based legal drama about a battered Anglo-Indian wife on trial for murdering her husband is infected…

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By Rosalie C (14) on 22 May 2008

Very interesting story but why puting so much drama into it, the story already is dramatic by itself no need to play violin behind…

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By Steven G (866) on 23 Feb 2010

The reality of domestic abuse, we can't just choose to close our eyes anymore. It's not an easy movie to watch…

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By Conny C (49) on 14 Dec 2009

Here, behind these walls, Kiran experiences true freedom for the first time in her young life…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 03 Dec 2013

Rai's acting is frustratingly passive in Provoked, and the script is laced with prison and courtroom cliches…

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By Paula W (51) on 04 Aug 2008

Good for a true story - I remember it in the news…

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