The Mistress of Spices Critic Reviews

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The New York Times | Anita GatesAdd Critic to Favorites

This is a one-dimensional, sometimes illogical film, but it's certainly good-looking.Read the full review

Variety | Derek ElleyAdd Critic to Favorites

Beautiful but lifeless, poetic but unelevated, The Mistress of Spices reps a brave but flawed attempt at that most unforgiving of contemporary genres, magical realism.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Michael RechtshaffenAdd Critic to Favorites

Shades of "Like Water for Chocolate" and "Chocolat" -- but unlike the latter's tender Juliette Binoche-Johnny Depp romance, the ordained Rai-McDermott union fails to generate any convincing heat, and no amount of cardamom pods or lotus root is going to help.Read the full review

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