Review of Trishna (2011) by Michael Q — 05 Oct 2014

Very good watch and insight in to some of Indian life.

This review of Trishna (2011) was written by Michael Q on 05 Oct 2014.

Trishna has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Kelly K (668) on 20 Aug 2013

While there were undertones of the Thomas Hardy based tale, they were far and few between. This was a much more dark, and sinister story…

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By Walter M (1,360) on 13 Aug 2012

After hanging out with his friends at a hotel in rural India, Jay(Riz Ahmed) gives Trishna(Freida Pinto), a cute worker at the hotel and whom…

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By Lisa Kennedy (833) for Denver Post (1,096) on 02 Aug 2012

Trishna engages the potent collisions of the rural and the urban, the poor and the rich, and considers how these interactions unfold in a romance…

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By Jonathan Lack (87) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 13 Sep 2012

Trishna is an admirable effort, but it's too detached and disinterested in the viewer to make an impact…

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By Khaled M (496) on 01 Feb 2014

Trishna is a love story based on the Thomas Hardy novel Tess of the D'urbervilles…

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By Lee M (4,001) on 28 Jan 2013

A loose but nonetheless pretty faithful recasting of Hardy's penultimate tragedy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles…

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By Carolyn H (70) on 23 Jul 2012

A storyline with twists yet the story is told slowly…

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By Cynthia S (730) on 19 Nov 2013

Decent movie. Not so much like Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Ubervilles, of which this was supposed to be loosely based…

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By John Hanlon (483) for Big Hollywood (212) on 29 Jun 2013

Unfocused and easily forgettable, this drama shows that even a likable actress can't carry a movie that undervalues its characters…

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By Roxanne B (20) on 13 Dec 2012

Ever since the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Freida Pinto has struggled to establish herself in roles of a similar calibre…

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