Indian ‘slumdog’ Latika aka Freida Pinto (of Slumdog Millionaire fame) may be a pretty girl.
But the reviews for Freida Pinto’s new film Miral, which is set for release here in the U.S. on March 25, 2011, are definitely not pretty.
In fact, the reviews for Miral are downright ugly.
Set in the Middle East, Miral is described as a biographical political film.
Freida Pinto plays the central character Miral.
Image: NYT
A short while ago, we checked Rotten Tomatoes to see how Miral was faring at the hands of critics.
Of the 15 reviews available at 9:00PM EST on RT, 12 were critical.
That’s dismal for a movie. Make that awfully dismal.
Some of the reviews, like for instance the one by Financial Times of London, are brutal on Freida.
Here’s an excerpt from the FT review:
The title heroine, beginning as a little Arab-Israeli girl, becomes a crusading piece of dark-eyed crumpet played by Freida Pinto. This actress is as expressive as the beauties one finds with staples through them in the centre of magazines.
The Guardian is no less scathing in its review. Describing the focus as:
fatally divided from the outset and Freida Pinto looks uneasy and miscast as Miral herself.
Directed by Julian Schnabel, Miral features, besides Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass and Vanessa Redgrave.
Here’s the Wiki profile on Miral.
Miral Coming; Movie Critics Rape Slumdog’s New Film added by SearchIndia.com on
View all posts by SearchIndia.com →
reviewing ‘Sucker Punch’?
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Depends on if it’s in wide release.
Can you review Mullholland Drive? i could not understand the plot. may be you can throw some light on it.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Maybe.
Doesn’t Wiki< load in your country? 😉
already tried that.even folks at wiki seem to be confused.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
We’ll watch it one of these days.
In the meantime, ask Gandhiji or one of the others to help you.
This girl is highly overrated. I didn’t think she did anything outstanding in Slumdog either. One wonders how she got these hollywood roles. 😉
SearchIndia.com Responds:
It’s not talent that counts all the time.
Luck & being in the right place at the right time are equally, if not more, important.
And, of course, burning ambition, which she seems to pack in plenty.