The coming-of-age movie receives a multicultural punch in the face.
’s strained, exhausting self-satisfaction. The only thing that’s arrogant about Manzoor’s film is Ria, who responds to Lena and Salim’s whirlwind courtship by doubling down on her objections. Kansara is bursting with personality, inhabiting Ria as a go-getter whose stubbornness and toughness are inextricably intertwined, and she generates regular laughs from her perfectly cartoonish scowls at Salim, his mom Raheela, and any other adolescent or adult who dares stand in her way.
Ria’s fiery obstinance is her gift and her curse, and it eventually gets her into trouble once Lena agrees to tie the knot with Salim and relocate to Singapore.
To that end, Bucha quickly morphs from a haughty peripheral figure into a scene-stealing wonder, her giant smile and electric eyes casting Raheela as the embodiment of clingy, demanding, domineering South Asian motherhood run amok.finally contends that women—and, by extension, their male partners and offspring—can only be truly happy if they’re given the opportunity to freely choose their destinies. In today’s #MeToo era, that may not seem like a particularly revolutionary idea.
Consigning its male players to the sidelines, Manzoor’s surefire crowd-pleaser understands that empowerment isn’t something that’s granted to people by others; it must be taken, often violently. It’s a feminist rallying cry that’s as furious as it is funny.every Tuesday and find out what new shows and movies are worth watching, and which aren’t.
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