It emphasizes Technicolor's vibrancy, but it's also notable for the way it accentuates muted tones, like the clay bricks and the sand by the riverbanks.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 23, 2015

Jean Renoir's 1951 masterpiece, his first film in color.

| Oct 24, 2007

Gloriously photographed and providing perceptive insights into contrasting cultures, this melodrama flows with the majesty of the Ganges. But its attitudes to race and gender now sit as uncomfortably as some of the performances.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Here India seemed to be portrayed as if in a 1950s travelogue.

| Oct 4, 2006

Renoir's location work in India and his semi-documentary excursions look great, juxtaposed as they are with his bold fantasy sequences evoking India's spiritual life.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 29, 2006

Withal, the illustrations of the country are beautiful beyond words-the serenity of the river, the power of boatmen sweeping its stream, the bazaars full of color and movement, [and] the dazzling brilliance of festivals.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 25, 2006

As beautiful as it is moving.

| Feb 9, 2006

Renoir fashioned what might be his sweetest movie about family and one of the post-war years' most serene cinematic statements.

Full Review | Aug 2, 2005