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Brooke Smith, Glenne Headly, Irfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Kal Penn
"The Namesake" is the story of the Ganguli family whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to meld to a new world without forgetting the old. Although parents Ashoke and As...( read more
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Id: 5330050
this is a really good film. universal ideals seen from two different cultures make this film profound. a few of the performances of the actors were really good and the story was strong. unfortunately the first hour of the film was much stronger than the second, the story veered...( read more)
Not as good as I had anticipated, but I may have fallen victim to trailer marketing - I think just expected a different film based on the preview.
I am a big fan of the movie "Bend It Like Beckham". This movie was a little slower paced but it went more into detail of the different Indian rites (wedding, funeral, etc). Interesting shots of India as well.
amazing ! Mira Nair has possibly created one of the best novel adaptation in a very long time.,i was stoked from the beginning,and never get tired with this epic story of cultural divergence and the value of family
good & real about an Indian family cultural traditions & the meaning & importance of one's name... some emotional connections of death & acclimating to a new culture...
A moving and brilliantly woven story, exploring the different identity challenges faced by people throughout their lives. By using the example of an ethnic minority immigrant, his wife and their children, the issues are thrown in to stark contracts, but many are applicable to us...( read more)
I watched the movie and I got the undertanding that it is a life changing event. When you are born and rised a certain way well a certain religion then that's what you know. When that family decided to move to United States that made there culture not change but be indecisive to ...( read more)
