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Cotton Mary
Artistic License Films
MPAA RATING: R for a scene of sexuality
Starring
Greta Scacchi,
Madhur Jaffrey,
James Wilby,
and
Neena Gupta
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)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Alexandra Viets (play)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Ismail Merchant
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 30, 2001
Video: January 30, 2001
Theatrical: February 11, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
125 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France / UK / USA |

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90
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
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.

88
USA Today
Staff [Not Credited]
Increasingly piquant tale of culture clash in 1954 post-independence India.
80
Mr. Showbiz
F. X. Feeney
Impeccably produced.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
Acted with almost maniacal force by Jaffrey, Mary is at once fascinating and despicable.

75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Merchant brings keen insight and rich humanity to this culturally revealing tale of psychological unease in a tense postcolonial world.

70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Serves as a fascinating exploration of racial and social prejudice; and an indictment of cultural miscegenation.

63
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Really just a lurid potboiler.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Uncommonly well-acted and beautifully shot on location in southern India, but it's not exactly riveting.
60
Village Voice
Leslie Camhi
Brought to life by the weirdness of its subject matter and the risks Madhur Jaffrey takes in her brilliant performance.

60
Dallas Observer
Andy Klein
It's unlikely that anyone will walk away unmoved.

50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
An unsubtle allegory about a way of life withering on the vine.

50
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Doesn't quite support the weight of its allegory.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Wants to make larger points, but succeeds only in being a story of derangement.

42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Most of its characters come off as being one-dimensional and stereotypical, and the film's sensibility leaves a very bad taste in the mouth.

40
Austin Chronicle
Russell Smith
Nothing but tarted-up melodrama.

40
LA Weekly
John Patterson
Richer and cleverer than any Merchant Ivory movie in memory.

30
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Forlorn melodrama, which is low on drama and high on mellow.

20
TV Guide
Steve Simels
A creepily unpleasant study of race and class.


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