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  • 2000
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  • Artistic License
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  • 2000
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Summary Set in post-colonial India of the 1950's, this is the story of Cotton Mary (Jaffrey), an Anglo-Indian (part English and part Indian) woman, and her tangled and complicated interactions with a British family. (Artistic License Films)

Directed By: Ismail Merchant, Madhur Jaffrey

Written By: Alexandra Viets

  • 2000
  • R
  • Artistic License
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • Artistic License
  • 2 h 4 m

Cotton Mary

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Summary Set in post-colonial India of the 1950's, this is the story of Cotton Mary (Jaffrey), an Anglo-Indian (part English and part Indian) woman, and her tangled and complicated interactions with a British family. (Artistic License Films)

Directed By: Ismail Merchant, Madhur Jaffrey

Written By: Alexandra Viets

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
52
44% Positive
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44% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
52
44% Positive
8 Reviews
44% Mixed
8 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews

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Not only is it Merchant's best directorial effort to date but also is among the finest films the Merchant Ivory company has ever made.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
75
Merchant brings keen insight and rich humanity to this culturally revealing tale of psychological unease in a tense postcolonial world.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
63
Uncommonly well-acted and beautifully shot on location in southern India, but it's not exactly riveting.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
60
It's unlikely that anyone will walk away unmoved.
By Andy Klein FULL REVIEW
50
Doesn't quite support the weight of its allegory.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW
40
Nothing but tarted-up melodrama.
By Russell Smith FULL REVIEW
20
A creepily unpleasant study of race and class.
By Steve Simels FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Merchant Ivory Productions
Release Date Feb 11, 2000
Duration 2 h 4 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.merchantivory.com/film/cottonmary
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