• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 15.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  Poignant Indian tale of family, love, and culture.

Why We Rated This for Ages 15 and Up

The good stuff

• Messages:

  The movie tells the story of a tight-knit, essentially happy family in India. Overall, the characters are good and loving people, although they do fall prey to temptations and flaws such as adultery and brief bouts of cowardice. A character revered as the family "hero" for his financial generosity is outed as a pedophile and then ostracized.

What to watch out for

• Violence:

  A man shoves and swats at his employees when they have wrongly accused a woman of stealing. Police harass a couple whom they have discovered necking in a parked car; they surround the woman, and their mocking interrogation of her has an ominous feel. A woman is slapped.
• Sex:

  A film dubber demonstrates her skills on a talk show, translating a sex scene in which a woman is "talking dirty." Couples are shown flirting and/or kissing passionately. A man and a woman make out in a car. A wife attempts to initiate sex with her husband, but is rejected. A male character is revealed to have molested his niece when she was a little girl; the same character (off-screen) teaches another child how grown-ups kiss.
• Language:

  Some profanity, the mildest being "bastard," the worst, "motherf---er." A character continually refers to a younger man as "idiot," a running gag that comes across as more playful than cruel. The film also contains some Hindi slang.
• Consumerism:

  Not an issue.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Some guests drink alcohol at various wedding celebrations. Several characters smoke cigarettes or cigars. A man quips, "America makes everyone quit smoking."

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