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- 2014
- FilmRise
- 1 h 13 m
- 2014
- FilmRise
- 1 h 13 m
Summary An Indian woman studying in Prague and a lonely New Yorker begin an unconventional correspondence through video letters - two strangers searching for human connection in a hyper-connected world. When their relationship deepens, they must decide whether or not to meet face to face.
- 2014
- FilmRise
- 1 h 13 m
- 2014
- FilmRise
- 1 h 13 m
Hank and Asha
45
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Summary An Indian woman studying in Prague and a lonely New Yorker begin an unconventional correspondence through video letters - two strangers searching for human connection in a hyper-connected world. When their relationship deepens, they must decide whether or not to meet face to face.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
45
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
45
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Like the film itself, Kakkar and Pastides are lively, adorable and thoroughly winning.
As easy as it is to like Hank and Asha, it’s impossible to look past the many screenwriting and filmmaking flaws of the film about them.
Though not very ambitious, this winsome, whisper-thin tale shimmers along with the charming urge to connect and reveal yourself that links its two correspondents.
The film's success rests upon the interest engendered by these characters, but Hank and Asha fail to meaningfully engage us.
Neither Hank nor Asha ever says or does anything that suggests they’re vital, complex individuals, and even their mutual interest in the arts is utterly generic, devoid of any intellectual exchange or even real curiosity. People this dull are available all over YouTube, for free. It’s unclear, however, why strangers would bother watching.
As the film is focused solely through the lens of the titular characters' cameras, this limits the exploration of the story's worldview outside of Hank and Asha's perspective.
Hank and Asha takes an unremarkable situation and renders it completely banal.
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Production Company
Paper Chain Productions
Release Date Apr 11, 2014
Duration 1 h 13 m
Awards
Napa Valley Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
• 3 Nominations
Woods Hole Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations