Review of The Namesake (2006) by Steph S — 22 Nov 2012

Tabu and Irfan Khan's chemistry was so perfect, and then Kal Penn came in and screwed everything up. The latter half of the film was really weak and very poorly acted. If the entire movie was more like the first half and focused more on their arranged marriage rather than Gogol's name, I would have liked it a lot better.

One part that really made no sense was when the whole family is dealing with their dad's death, and then it transitions to Penn shaving his head and blasting bad rap music. It was a really terrible transition, especially when juxtaposed with the beautifully filmed scenes just before it.