Review of The Namesake (2006) by Koji L — 28 Jul 2008
"The Namesake" is Mira Nair's love letter to the Indian diaspora in America. It spans time, or a few decades at least, and is sumptuous, if not glossed over. The challenges presented to the Indian immigrant are touched on, but not delved upon. The focus is on every positive aspect of the immigrant/second generation experience. Suburban glamor.
I liked that. It's an aspect of the experience.
There's a lot missing in this portrayal, but what it wants to portray, it's spot on. That as a diaspora, that as immigrants, they, we must focus on what's positive, we must focus on family as what we can always fall back on. From love, from spouses, from lost family, from loneliness, we need to appreciate what is home.
Viewed on cable tv in taiwan. If the movie tackled the hardships of the immigrant experience more thoroughly, ie racism, isolation, domestic stress, this film might be a 10, but for what it is, it still gets a 8.
This review of The Namesake (2006) was written by Koji L on 28 Jul 2008.
The Namesake has generally received very positive reviews.
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