It's a Wonderful Afterlife Movie Review

Friday, May 7, 2010

Rate: 2.5/5 

It made me think as reel after reel of Gurinder Chadha It's A Wonderful Afterlife unspooled. We (Bollywood reviewers / critics) are extremely difficult on films made on the fold. We are going hammer and tongs after the filmmakers as they had committed a crime that can not be exempted. We tend to ridiculous movie, its makers, actors in these movies ... In fact, almost all associated with these films.

Buzz up! What about using the same criteria for films judged by names that command enormous respect in the West? We forgive them, for the most part. We even close their eyes and ignore the shortcomings because the West has them in high esteem. The thought often crosses your mind: Should we not look like fools if they were fully identified, even if they turn with pure trash?

I will not mince my words. With It's A Wonderful Afterlife famous filmmaker Gurinder Chadha reached a new low. He actually I wonder, was Bend It Like Beckham a fluke? It's A Wonderful Afterlife is so vague and hollow he makes his last movie Bride & Prejudice is regarded by many as its weakest film, starring an epic report.

last word? Afterlife is a wonderful had everything going for it. Let us not forget that plants are not necessarily large a delicious meal. This curry is Gurinder Chadha's just not acceptable!

Mrs. Sethi (Shabana Azmi), a widow, can not tolerate the idea of his daughter alone and miserable. When Mrs. Sethi stomach can not be rude to the families of those who refuse his daughter, took over his own, only he knows how ... Suddenly, the police began chasing a serial killer. Mrs. Sethi is not guilty until the very spirits of his victims turned against him, because they can not emerge again until the murderess dies. Mrs. Sethi is not a problem to kill himself - you get to see her dead husband, again - but how can he go before his daughter is married? Spirits to understand that Mrs. Sethi help find a man for his daughter before the police catch him is their only chance a wonderful afterlife.

Note that the script is sloppy is an understatement. The only aspect that is funny and bears the hallmark of Chadha are sequences between Shabana and spirits. The love story is a total yawn, while the emotional moments are weak and the investigation into the murders are half cooked, too. In fact, get an investigator killed in the courtyard of the house and guess what Shabana crime conveniently forgotten, except when Senthil speak Shabana. And why the end was beaten to death "cancer"? Gurinder seems to have seen too many (horrible) Bollywood films, seem equal.

Talk shows, Shabana is reliable as ever. Goldy Notay daughter Shabana is efficient. Sendhil Ramamurthy is ok. Jimi Mistry fails. Sally Hawkins is first class. Mark Addy is passable. Sanjeev Bhaskar is wonderful. Shaheen Khan and Zoe Wanamaker (Shabana next door neighbor) are decent. 

Overall, this is a sad experience, not good by any standards!

IT'S A WONDERFUL AFTER LIFE : First Look