Word: comicly
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...lonely dweeb (Brendan Fraser) is so desperate to win the affections of a co-worker (Frances O'Connor) that he signs a pact with the Horned One (Elizabeth Hurley) that offers him seven shots at ecstasy for his puny little soul. Alas, the skitcom format soon becomes tiresome; comic inventiveness should have been Ramis' first wish...
...played by Madhur Jaffrey), the not-so-understanding mother of two squabbling sisters in an Indian-American family, points to the Statue of Liberty and observes "Look - even she's wearing a sari." And that's the way this film sees contemporary life: all dressed up in a warmly comic, multicultural wardrobe. It's more than a fashion statement, it's a declaration of a new America...
...best, "Chutney Popcorn" has some of the sensuality and comic smarts of Mira Nair's 1991 movie "Mississippi Masala?" and, evoking Deepa Mehta's 1996 drama? "Fire," it offers up an intelligent look at lesbian life and the Indian community. Although "Chutney Popcorn?" in its brief 92-minute running time, deals with as many issues as a week of afternoon talk shows - lesbianism, multiculturalism, having-a-babyism - it does so not to spark a debate about those topics, but to explore them from a deeply personal standpoint. This film isn't looking to argue, it's looking to chat...
...movie may not be constructed of Oscar-night clips, but there are a number of engaging performances: Jill Hennessy ("Law & Order") plays Reena's girlfriend Lisa with sweetly nuanced exasperation; also, both the Jeffreys (who are a mother-daughter pair in real life) bring emotional depth to their comic performances. The only actor who doesn't quite come through is Ganatra. She's clearly a good writer and a promising director. But she should take a few lessons from director/actor Spike Lee: when he appeared in "Malcolm X," he had the good sense not to cast himself as Malcolm...
...look at Jason, you think comedy", said the film's writer Marshall Karp of director Alexander. But in fact the comic scenes are not the film's strong point. The sex club scenes, where Lenny and his friends discuss everything from the missionary position to masturbation, sound contrived. Their conversations are too clinical for a group of teenagers talking about...