Review of Provoked: A True Story (2007) by Ka H — 12 Jun 2007

Good movie, acted well above what was expected... and Naveen Andrews is in it, and it did have lifetime written all over it!

This review of Provoked: A True Story (2007) was written by Ka H on 12 Jun 2007.

Provoked: A True Story has generally received mixed reviews.

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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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Some of the cast actually hurt the film's bleak and supposedly intriguing tone with some of their unintentionally humorous lines with Aishwarya…

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By Chika M (3) on 26 May 2008

I think the movie does justice to Kiran Ahluwalia's story minus the bad acting of Nandita Das. What happened to her…

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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 Sachie F (8) on 19 Jul 2008

Ashwariya acted incredibly well in this movie. Nandita Das could have done a better job…

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A well-intentioned, but all-thumbs down drama…

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By Sourabh M (41) on 29 Apr 2008

Gritty, convincing performances from the star cast do this true story justice…

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By Michelle (120) on 10 Jul 2008

Aishwarya rai's first english film. very good film that's also a true story. very good acting…

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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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