Despite boasting bags of colour, energy and top Bollywood actor Salman Khan, this cross cultural concoction falls halfway between the genres.
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08/17/07
Marigold (2007)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:8
Rotten:16
Average Rating:4.6/10
Rated: PG
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:17-08-2007
Synopsis: Hollywood meets Bollywood in this musical romance starring Ali Larter (HEROES) and Salman Khan. Larter plays a spoiled C-list actress who travels to India to be in a movie. But when she gets cast... [More]
Starring: Salman Khan, Ali Larter, Nandana Sen, Ian Bohen
Director: Willard Carroll
Reviews for Marigold
Top CriticThe final half hour may lose its way but this remains a sassy and endearing romantic effort.
08/17/07
Top CriticAn ambitious but largely successful attempt to marry Bollywood and Hollywood, Marigold is worth seeing for Ali Larter's performance and some joyous musical numbers.
08/16/07
It’s colourful and pacy and the musical interludes are fun. But, on the whole, Marigold is predictable to the end.
08/17/07
Top CriticThis fluffy cross-cultural experiment smacks of jumping on the Bollywood bandwagon with little insight into the genre it is trying to emulate or understanding of the country in which it’s set.
08/17/07
Top CriticCarroll seems to be saying that we should regard Bollywood as a harmless part of Indian culture.
08/17/07
As Prem's dad says of his son's feature film career, "I know nothing about dancing and the plots seem ludicrous to me."
08/17/07
Top CriticBollywood cheerfully meets – not Hollywood, exactly, more straight-to-video.
08/17/07
A sari attempt to hybridise Hollywood and Bollywood.
08/17/07
Goofy and sweet.
08/17/07
Top CriticAli Larter plays an amazingly bitchy actress sent to Bollywood. They hate her, then they love her. I didn't quite get the love bit.
08/17/07
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08/18/07
Top CriticMarigold is saved from the predictability of its setup by the enthusiasm of its cast, color-drenched sets and costumes, and full-on musical numbers staged outdoors on a beautiful seaside stage.
08/16/07
It's all dizzying, but what a delight.
08/21/07
Amusing diversion.
08/16/07
a colorful charmer that might even persuade a few skeptics to check out the real thing.
08/17/07
[Director] Carroll knows his Bollywood stuff and, refreshingly, doesn’t apologize for, or waste time explaining, an industry and a style that most Americans still regard as silly. Instead, he honors them.
08/17/07
Top CriticIt seems the only thing worse than a faulty culture shock comedy with zero charm is a faulty culture shock comedy with zero charm starring Ali Larter.
07/29/08
This first co-production between the United States and India starts badly and never recovers.
08/17/07
Rest assured, contrived love will prevail.
08/17/07
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