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Green Card Fever
New Effect Media Inc.

Green Card Fever reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 31 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.2 out of 10
based on 5 reviews
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based on 25 votes
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Vikram Dasu, Purva Bedi, Deep Katdare, Chayton Arvin, Robert Lin, Subash Kundanmal, Srinath Sampath, and Aatif Khan

The story of a young immigrant from India (Dasu) who overstays his US visa. As he is forced to make decisions about whom to trust, he naively relies on his new found friends in his land of dreams, and a comical and poignant sequence of adventures ensue. (Net Effect Media)


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Bala Rajasekharuni  
DIRECTED BY: Bala Rajasekharuni  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: August 22, 2003 
RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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50
The New York Times Anita Gates
An amiable but highly didactic romantic drama.
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50
New York Post V.A. Musetto
Earnest but not terribly original.
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40
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
While clunky in pacing -- and in periodic attempts at humor -- Green Card Fever has been well-photographed by Scott Spears and makes some provocative points.
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30
The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
The clumsy and cliched approach by writer-director Bala Rajashekaruni robs the movie of any dramatic punch.
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20
Village Voice Ed Park
Though it's high time for a probing drama that illuminates the labyrinth of America's immigration system, those responsible for Green Card Fever should have their artistic licenses revoked.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 25 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Raju J. gave it a10:
Very culture specific yet universal. The intent of the filmmakers, and the team is very commendable. Better than Bollywood crap. Very original. Buy the original DVD. Sound is great on that. Must for immigrants. If you are a nit-picker, needs some improvements in tech. aspects though.

srinivas i. gave it a3:
Terrible writing and weak direction. Mostly pointless and rudderless meandering. Anemic crawl towards a feeble "climax." Not worth 80 minutes of your time.

Arvind M. gave it a10:
I say its the best and only those who r not immigrants dont understand the quality of the movie, its so true, those who r not immigrants better do not rate the movie as u dont understand its worth.

Kumar B. gave it a 10:
Amazingly funny - if you are an Indian immigrant in US. Many scenes haunt you for months and dialogues are superb!. Great acting by all. Most americans will get only 10% humor since situations were so cultural.

Josef M. gave it an 8:
A lot better than I thought it was going to be.

K. N. gave it a 10:
Excellent and haunts you for the weeks if you are an immigrant.

Robin W. gave it a 9:
A great movie. Very touching movie at the end. Well performed. Most of it is SOOO true.

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