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- 2007
- Not Rated
- Eros Worldwide
- 1 h 53 m
- 2007
- Not Rated
- Eros Worldwide
- 1 h 53 m
Summary When a battered Punjabi housewife sets her abusive husband on fire and kills him, she is sentenced to life in prison. There, she befriends a woman who teaches her English and encourages her to appeal her case.
Directed By: Jag Mundhra
Written By: Carl Austin, Rahila Gupta
- 2007
- Not Rated
- Eros Worldwide
- 1 h 53 m
- 2007
- Not Rated
- Eros Worldwide
- 1 h 53 m
Provoked: A True Story
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Summary When a battered Punjabi housewife sets her abusive husband on fire and kills him, she is sentenced to life in prison. There, she befriends a woman who teaches her English and encourages her to appeal her case.
Directed By: Jag Mundhra
Written By: Carl Austin, Rahila Gupta
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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18% Positive
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3 Reviews
47% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
35% Negative
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6 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
39
18% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
47% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
35% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
For all the gushy feelings, the plight of women like Kiranjit, bound not only by domineering, often physically abusive husbands but by racism and oppressive cultural traditions as well, is poignantly portrayed.
Based on a true story, this Indian variation on a theme of "The Burning Bed" emphasizes the psychological freedom the inmate finds behind bars.
Unfortunately, Provoked possesses the tiny production values and schmaltzy music of a prime-time special, despite its ensemble of terrific actors.
No one breaks into song, but this fact-based legal drama about a battered Anglo-Indian wife on trial for murdering her husband is infected with a fatal strain of heaving Bollywood melodrama.
Most of the ingredients for a strong, tough film are there, and they have been sadly botched by a few key collaborators.
A well-intentioned, but all-thumbs down drama.
Short-changing issues of race and wearing its heart way out on its sleeve, it's the film's amateur exposition that's most dumbfounding -- poised to provoke more sarcasm than righteous indignation.
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