Americanizing Shelley

Americanizing Shelley (2007)

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Hollywood meets Bollywood in director Lorraine Senna's Pygmalion-like tale of a Tinseltown hanger-on who attempts to transform a Himalayan village belle into an A-list American celebrity. Having recently arrived in America to discover the man she was arranged to marry is far from the man of her… More

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Lorraine Senna
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
May 4, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Feb 5, 2008
American Pride Film Group

Critic Reviews

  • John Anderson, Variety

    A Punjabi Pygmalion, director Lorraine Senna's Americanizing Shelley is a sweet-natured, often charming twist on the assimilation comedy.

  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

    With its tired reworking of Pygmalion and stiff, amateurish staging, Americanizing Shelley is clearly all about one thing: Gujral. She's cute, but by the end of this ego trip, she's more insufferable than adorable.

  • Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly

    Americanizing Shelley isn't original, or the least bit believable, but it's so lovingly made that one's usual resistance to such clichés falls away.

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