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Mistress of Spices
Description
The movie tells a realist tale about an enchanting Indian orphan who has leaned to harness the magical properties of spices. She becomes the Mistress of Spices and is sent to the Spice Bazaar in San Francisco, with the mission of following three basic rules: help her clients to accomplish their desires with the spices, but never hers; never leave the store; and never be touched in the skin.
The movie tells a realist tale about an enchanting Indian orphan who has leaned to harness the magical properties of spices. She becomes the Mistress of Spices and is sent to the Spice Bazaar in San Francisco, with the mission of following three basic rules: help her clients to accomplish their desires with the spices, but never hers; never leave the store; and never be touched in the skin.
Actors:
Harvey Virdi,
Bansaree Madhani,
Cosima Shaw,
Rebecca Bowden,
Padma Lakshmi,
Sonny Gill Dulay,
Cabran E. Chamberlain
Harvey Virdi
Bansaree Madhani
Cosima Shaw
Rebecca Bowden
Padma Lakshmi
1 September 1970, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Sonny Gill Dulay
Cabran E. Chamberlain
Country:
United States, United Kingdom
Keywords:
#Aishwarya Rai Bachchan #Dylan McDermott #Mistress of Spices #Nitin Ganatra #Paul Mayeda Berges
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May 06, 2006
Magic and realism just don't belong together here.
New York Times
May 04, 2006
Imagine Like Water for Chocolate without the passion. Such is the premise of Mistress of Spices, Paul Mayeda Berges's film-directing debut.
April 25, 2006
Beautiful but lifeless, poetic but unelevated.
July 28, 2006
It'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.
July 28, 2006
About 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.
Hollywood Reporter
September 21, 2005
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.
Globe and Mail
July 28, 2006
Emphasizes the pleasures of scent, taste and touch to a remarkably tantalizing degree.
February 11, 2007
...the film abandons logic and plausibility to such a degree that it quickly becomes impossible to overlook the more fantastical elements...