Nina's Heavenly Delights
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Movie Reviews of Nina's Heavenly Delights
Movie Review: Love it!
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie was great, the romance between the two leads grows slowly and I love that in a movie because they take their time. A few scenes are just wonderful because of the passion and desire that can be seen.Movie Review: a fun movie when it isn't being cutesy
Summary: 3 Stars
"Nina's Heavenly Delights" is actually more interesting for the milieu in which it's set - a community of Indian ex-pats living and thriving in Scotland - than for the story it has to tell.
Nina (Shelley Conn) moved to London a few years back to escape an arranged marriage to a man she knew she could never learn to love. When her father dies unexpectedly, Nina returns to Glascow to help run the Indian restaurant he`s owned and operated for decades. Her partner in the endeavor is Lisa (Laura Fraser), a close friend of the family whom Nina finds herself falling in love with, a fact that may not sit too well with her traditionalist family.
"Nina's Heavenly Delights" is definitely a mixed-bag when it comes to virtues and flaws. It's at its best in its quieter, more serious moments, as Nina engages in thoughtful discussions with her family members and her new-found love interest. But when it aims for a more lighthearted tone, the movie tends towards the coy and the cloying. The coming-out aspects of the tale are handled with delicacy and restraint, though the determinedly upbeat ending is a trifle on the implausible and unconvincing side, to put it mildly. The movie also suffers from a surfeit of soulful montage sequences and irrelevant musical interludes, a holdover from its Bollywood roots, no doubt (the movie may be British in origin but its Indian influence is undeniable). Moreover, the blending of gourmet cooking with magical realism feels too reminiscent of "Like Water for Chocolate" for total comfort.
However, the performances are so authentic and the whole enterprise so well-meaning and upbeat that it's hard not to have positive feelings about the movie in the long run.
Movie Review: Very cute concept, but lacked on-screen chemistry for me
Summary: 3 Stars
I had this dvd for a while and just watched it with my partner. We're both foodies and loved the theme of the film, but were disappointed with the lack of character and relationship development between the leads. I am not sure if anything was cut (we own the UK ed), but their relationship was just anti-climactic for us. I did enjoy the fact that the family was supportive of the lead's love interest-a welcomed portrayal for the gay community,and surely the film was risky given the taboos associated with being gay, in the Indian community. Overall, the best sizzle for me, came from imagining the taste of the food. It had its moments, but it was underwhelming for me. I am glad, however, that more humorous and sweet gay themed romances are making it to dvd and film festivals.Movie Review: for real?
Summary: 1 Stars
i still haven't watched this dvd in it's entirety...i can't get into it. Don't be in a rush to purchase