That this film was made in a time when openly queer characters and relationships were far from mainstream in Hindi cinema makes it that much more special.

| Nov 13, 2023

Few films can pull off a story as proudly inclusive as Margarita with a Straw...

| Oct 31, 2022

It's funny, touching, visually rich, and only slightly too syrupy toward the end.

| Aug 17, 2021

It's too simplistic to say that I found it offensive because of the nondisabled cast, but it's also true that I am reluctant to praise the things it does well because of this singular inescapable problem.

| Feb 11, 2021

Sensitivity and restraint are the film's greatest strengths.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 12, 2019

Margarita is not your usual drink. It's bitter than what's served customarily yet soothes your innards once down the throat.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 9, 2017

Open, frank, funny romantic dramedy about a young Indian woman living with cerebral palsy. A perfect antidote to the disability pity porn of Me Before You.

| Jun 14, 2016

There's a lot to appreciate about the inspiring coming-of-age drama "Margarita With a Straw" despite several seemingly avoidable flaws.

| May 19, 2016

Radiant and unusual.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 18, 2016

A touching Indian film about yearning and the spiritual transformations that come in its wake.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 18, 2016

Despite the heartfelt performances, especially by Revathy (who plays Laila's feisty mother), the film strikes many a false note.

| May 17, 2016

Contrary to what recent films that take on the same themes with a lot more honesty, Margarita with a Straw feels manufactured to perfection with a main character with no flaws. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 29, 2015

Margarita with Straw is a remarkable personal odissey in which physical limitations don't put a stop on the path of self-discovery about sex, family, and life itself. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Dec 23, 2015

In the role of Laila, whose slurred speech and wheelchair are impediments but not barriers to expression and freedom, Kalki Koechlin delivers the type of performance that in a major movie garners Oscar notice...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 6, 2015

Laila is a compelling heroine and is winningly performed by Koechlin with solid backing from Gupta and Revathy.

| Aug 11, 2015

Moments stand out, especially between mom-daughter, Revathi and Kalki, both putting up perceptive, persuasive performances.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 17, 2015

A beguilingly simple film on a complex issue.

| Apr 17, 2015

It's Miss Koechlin's impassioned portrayal of the afflicted girl that -- despite a corny film-school cliche climax -- gives this film a beating heart.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 17, 2015

In Margarita with a Straw, writer-director Shonali Bose and actor Kalki Koechlin give us a woman we have never seen in our cinema before.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 17, 2015

The film falters in bits, especially in the second half... But nothing takes away from the beating heart of the film, which gives us a girl to root for, and a subject that needs to be out there, in the public domain.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 17, 2015