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Chutney Popcorn
  • Release Date: Sep 22, 2000
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  1. MonicaA.
    Jun 26, 2001
    10
    This movie was interesting, very well done. Nisha Ganatra is very good at what she does. In all respects. I am sorry I did not see this film when it first came out.
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  2. BarbaraM.
    Jul 10, 2001
    10
    For once a director gives us a secure main character! I think some critics have misunderstood this aspect and have characterized Ganesha's character (Reena) as emotionally remote. On the contrary, having an emotionally secure central character reveals much more about supporting characters because they are not overshadowed by Reena's responses to them. Reena is a focal point of the film, but the real story is about family life, specifically Reena's biological and extended family and her lesbian quasi-family. Because Reena's insecurities and defenses are not shutting out hostile forces, supporting characters are allowed to develop with greater independency than is usually found in films. I am reminded of the main character in "Finding Forester." The end effect in both films is a less reductive depiction of character as a mosaic. … Expand
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Metascore
66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    63
    There's some lumpy writing and uneasy acting, but it's easy to see why this charming, inventive film won prizes at festivals in Berlin, San Francisco and Newport, R.I.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    60
    The director has a fitfully deployed gift for droll humor, but Chutney Popcorn mostly provides evidence that the ins and outs of the improvised multiparent family can be as prosaic as the nuclear Eisenhower model.
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  3. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    The film is alt-schmaltz, and it'll do.
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