Mississippi Masala

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Zach W. Starring Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury, Mississippi Masala encompasses common tropes of a romantic-comedy while also balancing its serious commentary. Though its pace is inconsistent with several moments that feel drawn out, Mississippi Masala does tell an emotionally compelling story with an infatuating romance. Mira Nair captures the beauty of culture and family while also showing the conflict of converging interests and values. Overall, Mississippi Masala may not be a romance that hits as hard for all viewers, but it certainly connected to me personally and emotionally. Denzel Washington is the clear standout performance, but his connection and chemistry with Sarita Choudhary is affectionately intimate. Mississippi Masala uses its comedy to cut through its themes in an elaborate and creative way. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/26/25 Full Review Jay O Great film and beautifully shot images of Uganda and the south of America Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/15/25 Full Review Smeera C Fabulous storyline about relationships, culture, generational differences, and belonging. Excellent acting all round, especially the main characters. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/26/24 Full Review Steve D Powerful but uncomfortable tale that shows signs of Washington becoming one of the best of all time. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review jon c Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury play an interracial couple testing the boundaries directed by Mira Nair The movie starts off in 1972 with Roshan Seth as a father, Jay in Africa but because of a political barrier he's no longer welcome The majority of Africans believe only blacks should stay So he and his family decide to pack up and leave Uganda for the United States Jays daughter is Meena, Washington plays Demetrius who meets Meena as an adult in Mississippi 1990 and they develop an mutual attraction for each other Of course being that he's black and she's Indian there's mixed feelings about the whole thing from both sides Both of them face enormous pressure like blacklisting so they decide to pursue each other free of constraints This is a love story wrapped in histories of postcolonial displacement, settler colonialism, and the shadows of Jim Crow, it offers an account of the cruel circuitous routes of displacement and migration to the American South The film asks us to be attentive not only to this story of love but also to the policing of women's sexuality, the competing status of "colored nations" (as W. E. B. Du Bois put it) under British and American colonialisms, and the alliances formed and broken at the nexus of race and capital in the US It also succeeds examining race, migration and loss of belonging Its politics are still so timely and very brave to hear the things we were outrageous enough to say then The movie holds a mirror to the bigotry the Indian community displays while itself having been a victim of racism by white Americans, it's not just Demetrius that faces mistreatment every day but even Meena is called out for her skin color by other Indians It's true that cruelty has no color, if we don't tell our stories no one else will, racism is passed down like recipes, you'll be mad forever if you don't know how to do it, people always look at others like on a bus expecting them to fall off, the world is not so quick to change, home is where the heart is Washington and Choudhry are the best part of the movie with their undeniable chemistry and sharing of views of how the world sees them Meena's father gets some good development too given he doesn't want to die in a strangers country, he always wanted to change the world but it didn't give him a chance early enough A part of him will always be India but also African, and given his daughter is in love with a black man he has to learn to accept the changes An innocent and wise viewing that looks at ethnic romance It successfully dissects the very real, racist dynamics between minority groups often pitted against each other in a way that's not condescending I'm happy the ending was satisfactory on a deep level too Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review michael a Really solid movie. Attempts to place blame on everyone, not just the usual suspects, and a tender love story in the middle. Nicely done. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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