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  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary When Sarita discovers she can't have children, Reena finds that for the first time in their lives, she, Reena, can do something her perfect sister Sarita can't: get pregnant! Now she just needs to convince her commitment-phobic girlfriend to go along with the idea. (Mata Productions)

Directed By: Nisha Ganatra

Written By: Susan Carnival, Nisha Ganatra

  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 32 m

Chutney Popcorn

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary When Sarita discovers she can't have children, Reena finds that for the first time in their lives, she, Reena, can do something her perfect sister Sarita can't: get pregnant! Now she just needs to convince her commitment-phobic girlfriend to go along with the idea. (Mata Productions)

Directed By: Nisha Ganatra

Written By: Susan Carnival, Nisha Ganatra

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80
Its easygoing, disarming air will endear it to its target audience, who will appreciate this movie as much for the lifestyle it depicts as its actual story.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
80
Because Chutney Popcorn knows its characters deeply enough to let them determine events, it rises above formula. It is also unusually well acted.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
75
Her story (Ganatra) -- and the rest of the gifted, multicultural cast that brings it to life -- represents another step in the evolving face of film.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
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.
By Jonathan Foreman FULL REVIEW
60
What's amazing is how much first-time director Ganatra and cowriter Susan Carnival get right.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
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.
By Jessica Winter FULL REVIEW
50
Her direction is weak, her dialogue is cliched, and her acting lacks energy and focus.
By Edward Guthmann FULL REVIEW

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Production Company First Look International, Mata Productions Inc., Tribeca Productions
Release Date Sep 22, 2000
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline A woman. Her girlfriend. A sister. Her husband. Their baby.
Website http://www.aczoom.com/nisha/
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Awards

Newport International Film Festival, Rhode Island
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
L.A. Outfest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Ojai Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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