Customer Ratings & Reviews

I didn't really like the movie. It was so-so but I was disappointed. I usually enjoy cross-cultural movies. This movie, I will admit, had its moments of humor, but I felt the movie was degrading to South Asians by harshly portraying them as overly simple and gullable villagers, totally alien to the modern world, needing an update. I'm usually quite open-minded in my views, and found other East Meets West comedy movies like Bend it Like Beckham and Blind Dating quite great , but this one is just too reliant on racial stereotypes, and the plot is very shaky. The idea about falling in love with a non-Indian partner and dealing with the family is alright-- that's definitely a real-life issue many Indians in the West face, but the whole idea of taking a village girl and making her a glamor girl in a little while is pretty silly. She perfects her English, learns all the trends, works out to have a great body, etc, all so quickly, as if she was like an infant quick on learning. Unrealistic. I will admit, this movie did try to be unique by not trying to go too deep in the clash between cultures and identity struggle that other cross-cultural flicks focus on, rather, it was more of a superficial--what outsiders may see- ordeal. This oversimplifying may have been the exact factor that made this movie so-so and not good. 2.5 stars on a 5 stars scale.