Seema Biswas,
Lisa Ray,
John Abraham,
Sarala,
Manorama
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Following the sudden and unexpected death of her husband, a widowed child bride lashes out against her fate in the Hindu ashram where she is expected to atone for her sins in this humanistic drama, th... read more
Directed by: Deepa Mehta Saltzman
Release Date: November 4, 2005
Keywords:
beautiful film,
deepa mehta,
year old,
indian widows,
beautifully filmed,
Times New Roman,
Deepa Mehta ,
Lisa Ray ,
Seema Biswas
DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006
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May 2, 2011There's few movies that can ride on purely beautiful cinematography in order to tell a story, but this certainly does. The message of this movie is so well told through its images that it quite possibly could have been utterly silent and still effective. Now the basic story and c... read more
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October 14, 2010Ooooooooh. This is a most WONDERFUL movie! The setting is beautiful. The story is amazing and very moving. The acting superb. This is my idea of a PERFECT film. This movie was nominated for a 2007 Academy Award. I dont understand why this movie wouldnt have won hands down. Truly,... read more
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February 5, 2010Heart braking and fascinating look at the terrible life of widows in India.
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March 29, 2009An important film to see if not all that good, just barely socially conscious and iconoclastic enough to overcome its lack of a coherent story. This is very sensitive filmmaking and the acting (particularly the child actor Sarala) is quite good, but the film is hard to watch due ... read more
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August 1, 2008Awsome Movie, Tells about widows in India, some are widows at age 9, Great Story a must see.
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April 6, 2008A good lovely movie with a cutesy story line and great acting but it wasn't intriguing enough. You didn't want to watch it you just did. The setting was awesme though.
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June 4, 2007It was a very good movie. It has a very interesting story, very touching and emotional, a view of how ancient hindu traditions are still standing and how people live with them and the repercussions in their life. It has a solw rythm but that doesn't mean that its a boring film. A... read more
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December 12, 2009Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, and Sarala Kariyawasam performed roles of their lives in this great artistic achievement of Deepa Mehta... Hard to watch, heavy on the audience but with hope and full of love... One of my favourite movies this year!
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November 26, 2006Intermittently melodramatic and inevitably concerned with its message, yet Mehta handles the material well without being too heavy-handed.
Critic Reviews
July 19, 2006
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
July 7, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Mehta prevailed, and this scandalous, beautiful and very moving tale of repression, hope and a tragedy is her triumph, and Hindu India's shame. Full Review
May 18, 2006
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ebbs and flows with devastating truths and profound insights into the hypocrisy of extremism in any religion. Full Review
May 12, 2006
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Reminds us that Mehta is a filmmaker of courage -- she refused to abandon this film even after fundamentalist protestors shut down the production in India -- and singular style, telling stories that h... Full Review
May 11, 2006
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
You'll leave the theater with a lot to think about, especially regarding the plight of women around the globe. Full Review
May 11, 2006
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Packs a punch that is difficult to parry. Full Review
May 10, 2006
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
The final chapter in Mehta's feminist trilogy (Fire, Earth), is, alas, the weakest. Full Review
May 5, 2006
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Below its surface, Water isn't about religion, politics or even India. It's about timeless and universal divides between people, when humanity is eclipsed by self-serving subjugation. Full Review
May 5, 2006
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
It levels its criticisms within a climate of respect, a combination that creates a work of true humanity.
May 5, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The film is lovely in the way Satyajit Ray's films are lovely. It sees poverty and deprivation as a condition of life, not an exception to it, and finds beauty in the souls of its characters. Full Review
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