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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghRaised in Mumbai, classically trained actor-turned-writer-director Khanna addresses the volatile issue of women's rights within Islamic households, and if his sensationalistic debut feature makes its point with a heavy hand, it's also starkly effective.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerThough it can't hide occasionally crude dramatics, pic is an undeniably bold and daring tragedy.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis mélange of softcore porn, overheated melodrama, and harrumphing moralizing transcends taste--its lurid insanity goes beyond good and bad, right and wrong.
- Amateur acting, a wobbly script and a hard-to-swallow finale round out the film, which will, sadly, invoke ridicule in place of shock and anguish.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMelodramatic and heavy-handed.
- 20L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyTerrible movies about trivial subjects are commonplace and inconsequential, but a terrible movie that grapples with potentially inflammatory subject matter is far worse, because its aspirations are higher - which makes the failure of Varun Khanna's moralistic drama all the more spectacular.
- As the movie turns into a shrill revenge tragedy, complexity is discarded. The characters might as well be stapled to Popsicle sticks.
- 0The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeaturing one-note characterizations, laughable dialogue, an overwrought musical score and technically poor filmmaking values, the film ultimately is utterly reprehensible.