It gave the Hindi film industry an alternative way of portraying the Big Fat Indian Wedding, and all its non-stop accompanying tamasha....

| Jun 28, 2021

This drama by Mira Nair has been hailed as a feel-good spree, but it's better than that-a barely stable compound of the wounding, the confusing, and the appealing.

| Jul 13, 2020

There is the madness of a family wedding, there's a disturbing secret and there is also a snapshot of India at that moment in time. This is a film that doesn't date.

| May 18, 2020

A late radical shift in tone, from jittery exuberance to ruinous alienation, strikes an impressive contemporary note amid all the obeisance to custom.

| Jun 22, 2010

A big, galloping party movie in which the party in question is a clear metaphor for the world.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 22, 2009

Nair's stereotype-shattering movie -- like the polymorphous culture it illuminates -- borrows from Bollywood, Hollywood and cinema verite, and comes up with something exuberantly its own.

| Aug 18, 2008

Splashy, noisy and downright fun.

| Jun 5, 2008

An optimistic and luscious film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

The impression of cosmopolitan modern India, of diaspora lives thrown into collision and collusion, is engaging in itself, but the emotional optimism here is the most heartening aspect of this vivacious film.

| Jun 24, 2006

A movie to fall in love by and with, a wedding to unite both the two film families and the dazzled multicultural movie audiences who watch them.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 20, 2002

Some movies present an idealized view of marriage and family; others seem eager to debunk it. Mira Nair's exuberant art-house crowd-pleaser takes the third way.

| Original Score: A- | May 9, 2002

A teeming ensemble comedy shot fast and cheap but with such gorgeous colors and music and swirling silks that you leave with a feeling of riches, of superabundance.

| Mar 22, 2002

Nair achieves her usual level of dramatic competence.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 22, 2002

Nair assuredly navigates the narrative and its characters with minimal confusion, although this steady hand seems a bit languorous at times.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 17, 2002

Swirling, loving, and brilliantly, sensuously colorful, Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding energetically celebrates love, family, a culture that comfortably accommodates past and present.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 15, 2002

Monsoon Wedding does what Altman's own The Wedding could not: It allows us to celebrate a questionably blessed occasion without feeling embarrassed or complicit in some traditional scam.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 15, 2002

Pulsates with unforgettable characters and only-in-Delhi comedic situations.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 8, 2002

Provides a visually dazzling and deeply affectionate glimpse of the tensions and traditions that animate much of modern Indian life.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 8, 2002

Filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels. So, too, is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today's New Delhi.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 8, 2002

An intricate, heartfelt tribute to the enduring power of love.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 8, 2002