The Mistress Of Spices
Tilo (Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai) is new to America, and holds a magical powers over the spices she sells in her store. Provided, that is, she adheres to the rules of being a 'mistress of spice' - never leave the store, never touch anyone, love only the spices. Then she meets Doug (McDermot). The spices affect seems linked to Tilo, and the more she falls for him, the more the spices start to misbehave for her customers.
- Director:
- Paul Mayeda Berges (writer: Bride & Prejudice, Bend It Like Beckham)
- Writer:
- Gurinder ChadhaPaul Mayeda Berges
- Cast:
- Aishwarya RaiDylan McDermottAyesha DharkerNitin Chandra Ganatra
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressBeautiful but lifeless, poetic but unelevated, "The Mistress of Spices" reps a brave but flawed attempt at that most unforgiving of contemporary genres, magical realism...
New Zealand Herald
pressThe most that can be said for the film is that it will put you in the mood for a curry...
Hollywood Reporter
pressDespite the ethereal presence of Aishwarya Rai, this dose of magic realism es off almost from the start, plagued by an artificiality that extends to a central romance crucial to the story...
Empire Magazine
pressAn ambitious attempt at an Indian immigrant version of Chocolat, this has amiable romance but little magic. Aishwarya Rais undoubted screen presence keeps this consistently watchable...
BBC
pressDespite its colourful eastern palette and amiable performances from Bollywood starlet Aishwarya Rai and American hunk Dylan McDermott, the drama is as bland as a cucumber sandwich...
Variety
pressBeautiful but lifeless, poetic but unelevated, "The Mistress of Spices" reps a brave but flawed attempt at that most unforgiving of contemporary genres, magical realism...
New Zealand Herald
pressThe most that can be said for the film is that it will put you in the mood for a curry...
Hollywood Reporter
pressDespite the ethereal presence of Aishwarya Rai, this dose of magic realism es off almost from the start, plagued by an artificiality that extends to a central romance crucial to the story...
Empire Magazine
pressAn ambitious attempt at an Indian immigrant version of Chocolat, this has amiable romance but little magic. Aishwarya Rais undoubted screen presence keeps this consistently watchable...
BBC
pressDespite its colourful eastern palette and amiable performances from Bollywood starlet Aishwarya Rai and American hunk Dylan McDermott, the drama is as bland as a cucumber sandwich...
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