The Namesake
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Kal Penn, Tabu, Zuleikha Robinson Director: Mira Nair Brand: Fox Producer: Mira Nair Producer: Anadil Hossain Producer: Dinaz Stafford Producer: Lori Keith Douglas Producer: Lydia Dean Pilcher Writer: Jhumpa Lahiri Writer: Sooni Taraporevala DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Hindi (Original Language); Spanish (Dubbed) Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 122 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-11-27 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: 20th Century Fox Product features:
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Movie Reviews of The Namesake
Movie Review: Message conveyed is stronger than movie itself
Summary: 2 Stars
While "The Namesake" does deliver a strong message about family and identity, the movie is seemingly less than the sum of its parts, and especially less than its underlying message.
While it does have some strong and moving scenes, and scenes that those in similar situations to the characters will know and understand, the movie is often episodic without enough connection made between the scenes. We catch glimpses of their lives, but the filmmaker doesn't quite connect how those scenes affect their lives and understanding as the characters grow older. I'm not asking to be spoonfed the meanings of the scenes (we get enough spoonfeeding of the obvious in most Hollywood movies), but it often feels we're just jumping from one episode to another with little transition and little reason as to why we saw that moment in their lives. It's like a book of snapshots, one snapshot's done and we quickly move on as if each "picture" exists independently of the others.
Even the scene of the father telling his son, Gogol, how he got his name isn't as powerful as it could be. Again, I'm not asking for overdone Hollywood histrionics, but more of a feeling than "OK, the scene ends here, let's move on..."
It's still worth watching, but if one purchases it, they'll probably be watching more scenes than others to get the heart in this rather softly directed effort.