The Namesake
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- Synopsis
- A couple coming to terms with living in a new culture discover their troubles are compounded by their son in this drama from filmmaker Mira Nair. Ashoke (Irfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) are a young couple who are brought together in an arranged ......
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- Starring
- Kal Penn, Tabu, Irfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson
- Director(s)
- Mira Nair
- Distributor(s)
- Fox Searchlight
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 122 min.
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Critic Reviews
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
Moving and marvelous new cross-cultural family saga.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Dennis LimAdd Critic to Favorites
Despite being rooted in knotty issues of identity, Lahiri's novel forgoes didacticism in favor of vivid portraiture. Nair and her uniformly superb cast take the same tack: The characters are individuals before they are emblems.Read the full review
The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites
The Namesake, adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri’s popular novel, conveys a palpable sense of people as living, breathing creatures who are far more complex than their words might indicate.Read the full review
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10/18/09 To say that "Amelia" never gets off the ground would be an understatement; it barely makes it out of the hangar. | Variety -
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06/24/09 Long before "Jai Ho" entered the international lexicon, the gap between Hollywood and Bollywood had already been shrinking. | Independent Film Channel (IFC) -
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04/24/09 An interesting footnote to the film came a few weeks ago, when Kal Penn - best known as an actor on televison series "House" and in movies like "Harold and Kumar" and "The Namesake" - quit Hollywood to take a job at the Obama White House as Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. | indieWIRE -
Actor Kal Penn's suicide on 'House' opens way to job with Obama White House
04/07/09 Penn, 31, will become associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison , administration officials confirmed Tuesday. | New York Daily News - New York NY -
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02/06/09 A few years ago, I attended a long-lead screening for a modestly budgeted biopic that had big time festival/awards aspirations. | Ain't It Cool News
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