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numbpill says...
10 months ago
This movie was very cleverly put together. It paints a great picture of the American Dream but at the same time keeping your heritage alive. The themes touched upon in this movie are very heavy topics which we never expect or associate with the idea, when thinking of going abroad. The story is bigger than any of the characters and paints a picture of an overarching loneliness that goes hand in hand with such a decision.

It's like the saying you never really belong anywhere once you leave home.
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Mindless_City23 says...
3 years ago
I was pleasantly surprised coming across this film. It was great to see the late Irrfan Khan. It was an interesting, seeing a little glimpse into his parent's roots, so you can get a better feel of Gogol. I think sometimes for children of immigrants in America, it's hard for them to quite understand the sacrifice their parents had to make. As great as America is, I think sometimes people feel the need to strip away too much of their own culture in order to be more "American"; by doing that the next generation ends up in this limbo with a mixed identity
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CanadaMooseRM says...
8 years ago
I honestly tried to watch this movie, I gave it my best shot. But come on, you can't wait 20 minutes before introducing your main character. That's just bad storytelling.
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Reply by theinfamousj
2 years ago
@canadamooserm The eponymous character isn't the main character. The main character is Ashima. This is her story more than Gogol's.
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ojcJI_oJJ says...
10 years ago
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10 years ago
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