Magic and realism just don't belong together here.
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05/06/06
Mistress Of Spices (2005)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:1
Rotten:7
Average Rating:3.9/10
Theatrical Release:21-04-2006
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Ayesha Dharker, Nitin Ganatra
Director: Paul Mayeda Berges
Reviews for Mistress Of Spices
1 - 10 (sorted by critic A-Z; UK critics are listed first)
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05/06/06
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05/06/06
Top CriticEmphasizes the pleasures of scent, taste and touch to a remarkably tantalizing degree.
07/28/06
Beautiful but lifeless, poetic but unelevated.
04/25/06
Top CriticImagine Like Water for Chocolate without the passion. Such is the premise of Mistress of Spices, Paul Mayeda Berges's film-directing debut.
05/04/06
Top CriticAbout all that can be said about The Mistress of Spices is that actress Rai manages to retain a straight face while uttering some of the most risible dialogue ever heard in a supposedly serious drama.
07/28/06
...the film abandons logic and plausibility to such a degree that it quickly becomes impossible to overlook the more fantastical elements...
02/11/07
Despite the ethereal presence of Aishwarya Rai in the title role, unquestionably one of the most beautiful women on the planet, this savory dose of magic realism goes off almost from the start.
09/21/05
Top CriticIt's acted with the artificiality of an After School special, the one-note brooding of McDermott especially, and with the endless monologues, the script descends into endless, boring narrative exposition.
07/28/06
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