Partition doesn’t add many new ideas to the mix, but the deep colors and complex textures supplied by Indian-born cinematographer-turned-director Vic Sarin seem to embody the intensity of his boyhood memories.
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03/27/08
Partition (2007)
14 %
Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 1 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Theatrical Release: 12-09-2008
Synopsis: Set in India during the regime of the British Colonial Empire, this historical drama tells the story of the forbidden love between a Sikh soldier, Gian Singh (Jimi Mistry), and an Islamic teenager, Naseem (Kristin Kreuk). [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kristin Kreuk, Jimi Mistry, Neve Campbell
Reviews
1 - 7 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Since the story didn't draw me in too much I frequently found myself admiring the intricate scenery instead.
10/13/07
Disappointing simply because it is so close to being outstanding; we're left with a sense that some key scenes explaining the characters' motivations are missing.
06/23/07
Where the film stumbles is the script, overcrowded with bits of business and scenes that lean heavily on the symbolic.
02/02/07
[Director] Sarin was aiming for an epic and arrived at episodic. That might have been okay if the episodes weren't so partitioned from each other, the flashbacks failing to illuminate the present action.
02/02/07
Partition is big and ambitious, but the storytelling gets too close to melodrama too often. The film is clunky, the acting fairly wooden; Neve Campbell seems to struggle with her English accent.
02/02/07
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