India Sweets and Spices

Likeable and funny. Portrayal of the Indian community hits close to home. Some of the characters are people I know or have seen in social gatherings. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Imagine if the average Lifetime channel original movie actually had an occasional bout of intelligence and nuance to interrupt its cliches and stupid, unlikeable characters. That's this movie.

I am pleasantly surprised how smart the script is. Calling this film a comedy is misleading and a mistake, but it's definitely worth a watch. It doesn't glamorize and idealize the Indian culture, it presents how rich, upper "class" is snobbish and conceited. The main character is an interesting, intelligent girl from the "upper class", whose personal life suddenly gets complicated because she falls for a poor Indian man. It's fascinating to see that the Indian diaspora keeps the old prejudices and flaws of the traditional Indian society despite living and being successful in modern America. Apparently you can get an Indian out of India but it's much more difficult to get India out of an Indian...

This film reminds me of "Crazy Rich Asians". The storyline is okay, wasn't that interesting. The acting is definitely so-so. But I am very impressed with how gorgeous the Indian costumes. The costume department absolutely did a great job!!

I'm giving the movie 10 stars because it's upsetting the traditionalists who don't like to see the Indian culture being shown as real people, with real problems. Not on this page, but on other pages there have been some men who don't like to see their culture come out of the closet. Well, welcome to the real world.. I know people of that culture who had arranged marriages and it can become a real misery. Not for all, but for many - this happens.

Aside from my delighting in being petty towards the other people it's a pretty good movie. Fun, lively, the protagonist actress is good and it kept my attention until the end. It's worth a watch. It's nice to see Lifetime channel make a movie where the protagonist is intelligent, gutsy, no nonsense and is courageous about her life. Her bf's mother is a gem.

Well worth a watch, enjoy.