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NUMBERS
Box Office: $291,000
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CONSENSUS
Though pretty to look at, The Mystic Masseur is too slow-paced and lacks narrative tension.
CAST & CREW
Aasif Mandvi, Om Puri, Jimi Mistry
Directed by Ismail Merchant
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SYNOPSIS
THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is a delightfully warm, funny drama about Ganesh (Assif Mandvi), an ethnic Indian living in Trinidad. more...
MPAA RATING
PG, mild language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 58 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: May 3, 2002
Video: Feb 25, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
ThinkFilm
GENRE
Dramas, Marriage, Love Affairs, India, Literature
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Mystic Masseur Site
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 "The movie is well done, but slow."
-- April Adamson, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
 "The Merchant-Ivory team continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema, only now it's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Those who savor well-drawn characters and exotic locales will find the touch of The Mystic Masseur to be most pleasurable indeed."
-- Rod Armstrong, REEL.COM
"A bittersweet film, simple in form but rich with human events."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"The film is rich with colorful characters and enlivened by its strong, convincing picture of rural Trinidad."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"A well-realized old-fashioned drama about one zealous individual’s passion for the possible.
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-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"Merchant effectively translates Naipaul's lively mix of characters from the page to screen."
-- Sandi Chaitram, BBCI FILMS
"Occasionally funny, sometimes inspiring, often boring."
-- Ryan Cracknell, FILM THREAT
"The plot is paper-thin and the characters aren't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"A lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world."
-- Duane Dudek, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"Viewed as a travelogue of the little-known Indian community that prospers on a little-known island, Trinidad, The Mystic Masseur is successful."
-- Bruce Feld, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"The piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones."
-- Susan Granger, WWW.SUSANGRANGER.COM
"A puzzling experience."
-- John Hartl, SEATTLE TIMES
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"It provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds."
-- Marta Barber, MIAMI HERALD
"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul’s novel, but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour."
-- Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER
"Even fans of Ismail Merchant's work, I suspect, would have a hard time sitting through this one."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"It’s a quaint, pleasant movie, unambitious and ready to please."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"This is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you've been sitting still."
-- Pete Croatto, FILMCRITIC.COM
"If only Merchant paid more attention the story."
-- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES
"The pacing is deadly, the narration helps little and Naipaul, a juicy writer, is negated."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"The colorful Masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh's rise up the social ladder."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
"What could have become just another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever, charming tale – as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters."
-- Ken Hanke, MOUNTAIN XPRESS (ASHEVILLE, NC)
"A bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
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ROTTEN 57%
Avg. Rating: 6.3/10 |
"Merchant hasn't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage."
-- Ty Burr, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Even if the Naipaul original remains the real masterpiece, the movie possesses its own languorous charm."
-- Michael Dirda, WASHINGTON POST
"A wry, affectionate delight."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"A charming, vibrant, if under-edited adaptation of V.S. Naipaul's genially cynical novel."
-- Jonathan Foreman, NEW YORK POST
"A real clunker. A well-made, thoughtful, well-acted clunker, but a clunker nonetheless."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"A worthwhile way to spend two hours."
-- Daphne Gordon, TORONTO STAR
"A subtle, humorous, illuminating study of politics, power and social mobility."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"Merchant's attention to Trinidadian culture, locales and general atmosphere is inescapably alluring."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"A mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book."
-- Liam Lacey, GLOBE AND MAIL
"Though Ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way, there's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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"more precious than perspicacious"
-- Arthur Lazere, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
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