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Margarita With A Straw
Critic reviews and ratings
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Do not pass up a sip of Margarita, With A Straw. It could be life-altering. If nothing else, it will soak you with its warmth.
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...is deeply moving, a philosophical film which makes you wonder if the body is a palace or prison - and evokes mothers to lovers who've cherished your soul.
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It becomes extraordinary because it treats its subject as ordinary.
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...a refreshingly, brutally honest film which ends up making the tiny mistake of adding an emotional, clichéd ending.
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This film is guaranteed to make you cry. But it will also fill you with hope. These amazing women will make you want to inhale life with a new ferociousness.
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...a strong emotional core and a subtle wit which is never compromised with, and a main character who is humanly flawed yet extraordinarily favourable.
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Watching Margarita with a Straw, I smiled and laughed a lot. Even in moments when I felt deep sympathy for her, the girl was sassy.
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Laila is a compelling heroine and is winningly performed by Koechlin with solid backing from Gupta and Revathy.
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Director Shonali Bose deserves a round of applause just for taking on an intense and sensitive issue of frustrations and helplessness attached to the unfulfilled sexual desires of a disabled person.
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How often in Bollywood do you see a differently-abled bisexual heroine, one who gets to have her own share of flaws, her romantic adventures, and her journey towards self-actualization?
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Stirred well, Maragarita leaves a heady feeling.
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Touching upon a lot of intense topics, Margarita With A Straw gets you up and listening about all of them through a tale about a “different” person. But it doesn't necessarily get you engaged through and through.
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Powered by a staggering performance from Kalki Koechlin as a 19-year-old with cerebral palsy, Margarita with a Straw is that rare Indian film that mostly eschews melodrama to give us an honest, sensitive portrait of disability, and the sexual awakening of an Indian teenager.
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...a beautiful film.
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...nothing takes away from the beating heart of the film, which gives us a true heroine to root for, and a subject that needs to be out there, in the public domain, making itself heard.
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...what stands out the most in this film is Kalki's acting, and Shonali's courage to discuss disabled people and their desires, aims and sexuality.
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Works as it is a celebration of life.
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The stories eventually boil down to common emotions. As does this film’s. Yes, there is a lot of pathos. But there is much joy. And enough empathy.
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...may not be a masterpiece, but it certainly has its straw…sorry, heart in its right place!
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...a brave film that tells us that physical disability and sexual desire are two different things, neither of which can be slapped with labels like ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’.
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Works as it is a celebration of life.
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...has many sweet and heartwarming moments, the film feels clumsy on the whole. Bose has packed too many issues into her script: being differently-abled, figuring out one's sexuality, queer relationships, sexual frustration, death.
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A little more effort would have turned Margarita With A Straw it into a wonderful film but despite the flaws, it’s surely an attempt in the right direction...
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...has its share of touching moments but is far from perfect.
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...is decent film but it will struggle at the box-office as it caters to a very niche segment of the audience.
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Shonali Bose packs too many emotions into this movie, some unwarranted, which takes away any emotions one might have had as the movie began.
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