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Plot: Tensions between Indians and the colonial British come to a boil when a white female tourist accuses a young Indian doctor of rape during a visit to caverns.
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MCT:July 15, 2008Directed by Lean and based on a novel from later in E.M. Forster's career, the common themes of Forster's writings are clear. A young woman accompanied by an older woman in British society before either of the world wars, encounters something exotic and wants to burst out of the stuffy tight collared restraint that polite society of the time required. In this case the exotic location is India among the British ruling class. It is arranged for the young woman to marry a man, but she learns he does not satisfy her. She is still afraid of total wildness and severing ties with her culture, but in meeting a young Indian doctor who is excited to impress, and an English professor who has been immersed in the foreign culture, she finds adventure. The story and film show the ugliness of racism, injustice, and militant oppression. The movie ends with a court case that could have gone terribly wrong. But instead we are presented with a court system in which we can have faith, if intelligent people who know what they are doing are running the show, and those involved in the case find the courage to be truthful!
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MCT:June 7, 2008Not as mature and magnificent as David Lean's usual calibre, but missing this film is a sin... honestly.
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MCT:April 20, 2008
Good film... It makes the viewer experience the torridity of the sun in India, and understand the main character's confusion...
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MCT:April 19, 2008
well filmed.... most of the part i find it a lil bit dragging, boring. it gets more exciting at the last minutes of it, mostly during the trial. ridiculous at the point of the climax, where the indian doctor was accused of a rape by the british young lady, who suffered from a mental breakdown during a visit to a cave.
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MCT:January 23, 2008
Lean's final film struck a chord with some viewers, while leaving others a little unimpressed. The epic nature of the story is quintessential Lean and Judy Davis' performance is naturally splendid.
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MCT:December 9, 2007
David Lean's best epic, "A Passage to India" brilliantly shows the racial tensions and desires in India during the Raj.
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MCT:October 22, 2007
Fantastic portrait and study on culture clashes, in one of the best motion pictures by its director, featuring his usual brand of meticulate mix of spectacle and intimism. Intelectually, it's the clear product of a superior mind, with barely a single shot or second wrongly invested. Cinematographical values very high.
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MCT:July 8, 2007
Lean's farewell, a stunning and beautiful tale of prejudice. great soundtrack, grateful performances, an overlooked marvel.
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MCT:July 4, 2007
Story of racism between British and India in the 19th century. Strangest thing is seeing Alec Guiness in the role of a Hindu wise man.
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I rate this one just cause I wanted everyone to know how badd it sucked!!..suckd balls......NO STARS
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MCT:June 25, 2007Sir David Lean saved his best for last with this one! Starring Judy Davis, Victor Bannerjee, Alec Guiness and the always perfect Peggy Ashcroft.
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MCT:June 23, 2007
Excellent portrait of colonial India and British injustice...try not to snigger at Alec Guiness in a turban...
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MCT:June 14, 2007I was bored silly by this film. I expected so much more from it when it hit the theaters. Perhaps they hyped it too much.
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MCT:April 19, 2007
Definitely a great film. This is very similar to Out of Africa but also very Lean in its shots. A great story and wonderful acting.
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MCT:December 3, 2006
God is . . . God si . . . is/si . . . love . . . And here we have mister fists and fingers himself. A superior screen adaptation of one of my all-time favorite novels. I bet a dollar that Forster would have loved seeing this. What a swan song for David Lean. Banerjee plays Aziz just as I had pictured him. Surmounting or succumbing to prejudice can sometimes be a deadly movie topic, especially when the movie maker wants to "teach" you something, beating a "lesson" into you. This move is not one of those. This movie is one for the ages.
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MCT:October 28, 2006Couldn't watch it! Way too condescending towards Indians from the get-go. I only made it through about twelve minutes.
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