| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"A marvelous multi-generational family saga." more... |
B+ |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...entertaining and alert, a production fully felt..." more... |
B+ |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"...often episodic and dramatically rushed." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"moving and marvelous...cross-cultural family saga..." more... |
A- |
Filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"...the director has found her most apt presentation of the American way..." more... |
B |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...this gorgeously designed and photographed movie artfully depicts the immigrant experience in ways that transcend its setting..." more... |
B+ |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...expresses a reassuring faith in family solidarity." more... |
B+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...has a scope that many multi-generational stories lack." more... |
A- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a generational family saga everyone can relate to..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"...a deeply moving saga of several generations of a Bengali family..." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"The actors are all well-cast, thoughtful and sometimes funny." more... |
A- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...an engaging and moving film with a universal story..." more... |
A- |
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