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English Vinglish
Critic reviews and ratings
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Easily one of the best films on 2012;is tale of women empowerment actually it is bound to empower every viewer because it strikes a chord, right from the start to the end titles.
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...a remarkable motion picture. It's amusing, emotional, heartrending and also insightful. An inspiring film with an overwhelming message.
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You may find cliches along the way, yet English Vinglish is among the most refreshingly novel films made in recent times.
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Go watch English Vinglish, and take your mothers along.
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Gauri Shinde has come up with a gem in her directorial debut. The story is very modern, yet archaic; sober, yet hard-hitting. And adding punch with lots of pizzaz to the entire duration of the film is Sridevi.
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...stands tall on the shoulders of two courageous women, Gauri Shindi and Sridevi who deliver one of the finest films of 2012.
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Watch the film for sure. But don't be disappointed by the 'we-don't-want-to-ruffle-any-feathers' ending. And then, you can watch it again for Sridevi!
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...is a shining testament to Sridevi’s inimitable talent and her potential to successfully carry a film to its deserved destination.
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Gauri Shinde captures even the mundane things of life and weaves a great plot around it.
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A simple Indian woman's complexes are explored with warmth and charm. Sridevi brings to us a home-maker's self-doubt with a wonderful performance despite the squeak in her voice and distracting accent.
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Dekho vekho.
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Sridevi sets the standard to what a comeback film should actually be like.
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Making an assured debut with a light, frothy film that still has something important to say, Gauri Shinde delivers one the year's most pleasing films, and Amit Trivedi lends some of his best compositions to the soundtrack.
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English Vinglish is that rare thing - a Hindi film that creates a heroine out of a homemaker.
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...treat to savour for one and all.
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...is an excellent comeback vehicle for India’s most successful pan-India female superstar, but what makes the film work is that the director is not star struck.
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...delivers what it promises. You will fall in love with Sridevi all over again.
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Sometimes, good movies can be made on the trifles of life than on a big idea. Gauri Shinde has made one.
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Sometimes, good movies can be made on the trifles of life than on a big idea. Gauri Shinde has made one.
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It would work strictly for those who can discount the film’s oversimplified worldview.
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...is breezy, light-hearted cinema with a woman’s big journey at its core, and the abiding reason to watch it is the lead actor.
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It’s just about okay vokay.
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...diverting but uneven comeback film...
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What is admirable in English Vinglish is the stoic refusal to compromise realistic treatment with melodrama or cliche.
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There is a lot to like in English Vinglish, which is the very definition of a gentle and urbane entertainment, but I couldn’t get past this manufactured premise, which makes all successive events seem manufactured.
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