Four Samosas

The comedic heist flick’s lean 80-minute running time works in its favor as does its puppy-dog-like insistence to win over our affection.

Its plot may run out of gas, but “Four Samosas” never stops being likable.

There's simultaneously too much and not enough Wes Anderson in the Indian-American comedy Four Samosas, a warm-but-flat heist pic.

Colorful and handsomely composed like a Wes Anderson movie, but far from that director’s world of gloomy, globe-trotting dandies, “Four Samosas” is a jovial romp through the Indian enclave of Artesia located outside of Los Angeles.

Excessive hipster-ness can be endearing, if done right, but “Four Samosas” woefully lacks the substance needed to buoy such overstylization.

Four Samosas is a standout feature, only if you address the few problems that commit to its self-awareness.

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Is “Four Samosas” funny? To a degree, it is. Though the mismatch between theatrical performance and camerawork fall apart, Kapoor’s cultural references shine. “Four Samosas” is not a life-changing movie, but it is good time.

Part heist movie and part romantic comedy, “Four Samosas” is a low-budget screwball romp in the spirit of early Wes Anderson but with a sneakily infectious personality all its own.

A series of uneven sketches, with some slightly amusing and others that lay an egg.