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  • 1992
  • R
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 1992
  • R
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 58 m

Summary Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury) finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It’s there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius (Denzel Washington) challenges the pr...

Directed By: Mira Nair

Written By: Sooni Taraporevala

  • 1992
  • R
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 1992
  • R
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 58 m

Mississippi Masala

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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Summary Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury) finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It’s there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius (Denzel Washington) challenges the pr...

Directed By: Mira Nair

Written By: Sooni Taraporevala

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
78
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3% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
78
97% Positive
30 Reviews
3% Mixed
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89
It takes love to bring all these elements together into harmony, and Nair makes it look easy even when it's most difficult for her characters.
By Kathleen Maher FULL REVIEW
88
All of these serious questions linger just under the surface of Mississippi Masala, which is, despite its subject, surprisingly funny and cheerful at times, and generates a full-blown romanticism.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
80
There are occasional missteps. The movie's pacing is uneven. The scandal is overblown...But the performances are excellent, and the sentiment is honed to ugly perfection.
By Hal Lipper FULL REVIEW
75
Without making a big deal of it, this film says a lot about assimilation and the ability to change. [05 Feb 1992, p.5D]
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
75
Despite its hastily tacked-on resolution, Mississippi Masala is still a lesson well delivered - flecked with humour and never pedantic. [28 Feb 1992]
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
75
In its sweet, slightly melancholy, gently humorous way, it fills the screen with the freshest, most winning love story we've seen in ages. [14 Feb 1992, p.39]
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
60
An interesting if poorly constructed and self-contradicting drama, directed with something less than assurance, but given some appeal by the honesty of its performances.
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Production Company Black River Productions, Channel Four Films, Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Movie Works, Studio Canal Souss
Release Date Feb 5, 1992
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Passion. Tradition. Mix It Up.
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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