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Shabana Azmi, Goldy Notay, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Sally Hawkins, Sanjeev Bhaskar ... see more see more... , Shaheen Khan , Jimi Mistry , Zoë Wanamaker , Mark Addy

My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Shaun of the Dead meet in this charming and fun comedy romp about an Indian mother taking her obsession with marriage into frighteningly funny territory. Mrs Sethi, a wido... read more read more...w, can't bear the thought of her daughter being alone and unhappy. Okay, she's a little plump and opinionated...but she would make a great wife for some lucky man, if only she were given a chance. When Mrs Sethi can no longer stomach the rudeness of families who refuse her daughter, she takes matters into her own hands with the only way she knows... Suddenly a police hunt begins for a serial murderer who cooks a killer curry. Mrs Sethi doesn't feel too guilty until the spirits of her victims come back to haunt her as they are unable to be reincarnated until their murderer dies. Mrs Sethi has no problem killing herself - she'll get to see her dead husband again - but how can she go before her daughter is married? The spirits realize that helping Mrs Sethi's daughter find a suitable husband before the police catch her is their only chance for a wonderful afterlife. It's a big bloody wedding and a comic feast which takes the phrase 'I could murder a curry' to hysterical new heights.-- (C) UTV

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PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Gurinder Chadha

Release Date: October 8, 2010

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  • gor41
    September 10, 2010
    gor41
    Harmless fluff which makes little sense and is even less believable but has the ever wonderful Sally Hawkins to light up her scenes, especially a fun 'Carrie' spoof.

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Tom Long
October 8, 2010
Tom Long, Detroit News

You don't see that many supernatural serial-killer romantic comedies. Full Review

Andy Webster
October 8, 2010
Andy Webster, New York Times

It's a Wonderful Afterlife may be a busy trifle, but it has its good-natured charms and agreeable gross-outs. Full Review

Kevin Thomas
October 7, 2010
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Its comic premise seems too silly, and at times, too tedious, to hope for much cross-cultural appeal, despite a fine, committed cast. Full Review

Justin Chang
July 6, 2010
Justin Chang, Variety

Broad enough to drive a truckload of samosas through, yet achieving the miracle of genuine silliness only through Sally Hawkins' turn as a daffy psychic, this gluttonous ghost story should appeal to C... Full Review

John DeFore
July 6, 2010
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter

Chadha and her team, with their TV-sitcom color palette and quick comic pacing, clearly aren't shooting for plausibility, and audiences in search of a few easy laughs won't be disappointed. Full Review

Mike Edwards
February 3, 2011
Mike Edwards, What Culture

I found myself laughing more at badly composed scenes, lame make-up, and poor performances than at the humour. Full Review

Wade Major
October 21, 2010
Wade Major, Boxoffice Magazine

A refreshingly spry romantic comedy that never loses sight of the fact that levity and love, even against the darkest and most unlikely of backdrops, always prevail. Full Review

Diego Costa
October 8, 2010
Diego Costa, Slant Magazine

A magical realist comedy about the idealization of state-sanctioned heterosexual coupledom. Full Review

Brian Orndorf
October 7, 2010
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

The feature doesn?t strive hard enough to remain delightfully insane. Instead, Chadha would rather play with broken hearts than entrails. A shame. Full Review

Matt Glasby
August 25, 2010
Matt Glasby, Flicks.co.nz

This stodgy supernatural farce is riven with insoluble problems. Full Review

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