Synopsis
Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.
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Cast
- Shabana AzmiMrs. Sethi
- Goldy NotayRoopi Sethi
- Sendhil RamamurthyD S Raj Murthy
- Sally HawkinsLinda / Gitali
- Mark AddyD I Smythe
- Ray PanthakiJazz Sethi
- Lalita AhmedOld Woman at Market
- Zoë WanamakerMrs. Goldman
- Don WarringtonChief Superintendent
- Jimi MistryDev
Recommendations
- 60
Empire
With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
A feel-good flick about a serial killer who just wants what's best for her daughter. Broad and not too spicy, the London-set Indian rom-com is a crowd-pleaser. - 60
The New York Times
May be a busy trifle, but it has its good-natured charms and agreeable gross-outs. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
A kind of Ealing Comedy throwback that is arguably her best film since Beckham. - 40
Los Angeles Times
While her latest, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, is affectionate and energetic, its comic premise seems too silly, and at times, too tedious, to hope for much cross-cultural appeal, despite a fine, committed cast. - 30
Variety
It's a Wonderful Afterlife is a movie to make Frank Capra roll over in his grave from indigestion. - 30
L.A. Weekly
Every gag is smothered by the prevailing tone of labored zaniness and generic, plucky "mischief music" alerting discerning viewers to abandon all hope of laughter.
