Monsoon Wedding concerns a stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world who come to New Delhi during the monsoon season to attend an arranged wedding.
Mira Nair's most colorful and most fully realized film
Newsweek
August 18, 2008
Nair's stereotype-shattering movie -- like the polymorphous culture it illuminates -- borrows from Bollywood, Hollywood and cinema verite, and comes up with something exuberantly its own.
The impression of cosmopolitan modern India, of diaspora lives thrown into collision and collusion, is engaging in itself, but the emotional optimism here is the most heartening aspect of this vivacious film.
Not content to merely direct traffic of intersecting characters, Mira Nair never lets the scurrying ensemble lag or their stories flag. "Monsoon Wedding" is one of the most culturally savory, joyously exotic comedies since "Strictly Ballroom."
