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Little Box of Sweets

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A young woman fights for her dreams and the man of her dreams.
Little Box of Sweets

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Critics Consensus

A competent debut from writer/director/actress Maneka Das. Shame its a little too sugar coated, coming across like a daytime TV soap.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 08/15/2008
3/5
If it lacks the power of real drama, or a radical sense of style, it doesn't stint on the difficulties a peasant girl probably still faces when getting on in life. Go to Full Review
Cath Clarke Guardian 08/15/2008
2/5
Meneka Das, a British-based Indian actor, has written and directed a love story that is polite, proper and just a little flat-footed, although beautifully shot in Uttar Pradesh. Go to Full Review
Wendy Ide The Times (UK) 08/15/2008
2/5
Sugar-coated and naive, Little Box of Sweets is an Indian coming-of-age story that feels firmly mired in the colonial melodrama of the Merchant Ivory era. Go to Full Review
Rob Daniel Sky Cinema 08/15/2008
An enjoyable debut for two disgustingly talented sisters, on the basis of this Meneka and Sheenu Das deserve a long future as that rarest of beasts - a female filmmaking duo. Go to Full Review
Tom Dawson Film4 08/15/2008
3/5
A promising first feature from Das, the low-key Little Box Of Sweets returns to the filmmaker's rural Indian past to offer an atmospheric evocation of a particular time and place. Go to Full Review
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01/15/2012 here began my love affair with joe anderson.. :) what a beautiful boy. See more Mike M 08/12/2008 A very handsome piece, with a strain of authentic, dust-blown poetry in its imagemaking that proves hard to deny or resist, but never quite as assured in its plot or character development as it needs to be; Anderson, so ebullient in "Across the Universe" and "Control", is oddly wan and soporific here, as though the heat had sapped him of all energy or colour. Still, there's definite promise behind the camera - and there aren't all that many female directors at large within the non-Bollywood Indian cinema. With perseverance, the right support and an even slightly better script, Das could well have the field to herself. See more 10/20/2007 My attachment to this movie cannot be explained. It's probably because of my adoration for one: Joe Anderson. His acting ability absolutely astounds me. He's one of the few new actors who just seems so comfortable on the camera. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman fights for her dreams and the man of her dreams.
Director
Meneka Das
Producer
Sheenu Das
Screenwriter
Meneka Das
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English