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  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 50 m
Earth

Summary A group of diverse Indian friends and two men after one woman is torn apart by the 1947 partitioning of India. The woman in question (Das) is a nanny who is, with her eight-year-old charge (Sethna), insulated by her Parsi family's wealth and neutrality from the violence erupting around her.

Directed By: Deepa Mehta

Written By: Bapsi Sidhwa, Deepa Mehta

  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 50 m

Earth

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary A group of diverse Indian friends and two men after one woman is torn apart by the 1947 partitioning of India. The woman in question (Das) is a nanny who is, with her eight-year-old charge (Sethna), insulated by her Parsi family's wealth and neutrality from the violence erupting around her.

Directed By: Deepa Mehta

Written By: Bapsi Sidhwa, Deepa Mehta

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
11 Reviews
27% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
71
73% Positive
11 Reviews
27% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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91
Even blood, spilled so freely, has a distinctive intensity of red in this beautiful and harrowing film.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
88
A remarkable accomplishment. It takes one of the century's vast tragedies...and makes it heart-rendingly real and intimate.
By Jonathan Foreman FULL REVIEW
80
Mehta's latest release, combines a similarly intoxicating visual immediacy and delight with a sobering outsider's long view.
By Gemma Files FULL REVIEW
75
Hurls its Holocaust at us in a series of justifiably horrific images.
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
70
Gorgeous and troubling.
By John Hartl FULL REVIEW
58
A draggy affair livened occasionally by bursts of color or raw emotion, but just as often convoluted and hackneyed. It's a case of a film taking on, admirably, more than it can chew.
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
40
Mehta feels compelled to twist the screw, shamelessly plying her audience with mawkish tropes wearing the garb of "innocence."
By Jessica Winter FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.7
71% Positive
5 Ratings
0% Mixed
0 Ratings
29% Negative
2 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.7
71% Positive
5 Ratings
0% Mixed
0 Ratings
29% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Cracking the Earth Films Inc., Hamilton-Mehta Productions, Jhamu Sughand Productions, Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Release Date Sep 10, 1999
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

People's Choice Awards, India
• 4 Nominations
Filmfare Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Bollywood Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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