Atobha

This movie is different from others in a sense that there's no good guy and bad guy line here. Nobody's perfect and nobody's totally wrong. However, in order to show Max-Caren pair as "unfaithful" as Mimi-Vernon pair, the event that was taking place outside the party was too imposed and simplistic. Some better idea should have come there. Extra-marital relationship is very complicated subject and deserves lot of thought. This movie at least provokes that kind of thought, though in a very simple way.

Ming-Na Wen and Wesley Snipes were over-acting on some occasions. Wesley's ad-firm colleagues were unnecessarily shown as stupid. However, Robert Downey Jr.'s part was superb, though his character was not directly related to the movie's main story. I was moved by him talking to Wesley about "life's like an orange". Some people here found Nastassja Kinski boring. I completely disagree. She was not blabbing, that's true, but look at her subtle facial expressions. One will rarely find this talent in Hollywood stars' face.

Another feature in this movie that I liked very much is the natural relationship between Black-White-Asian, which I can hardly find in a Hollywood movie unless the theme of the movie is race discrimination or something alike.

I give it a little above average credit. With better acting and little modification in the script this could be an extraordinary movie.

The closest translation of the title should be "All these days and nights". But for the people who speak Bangla, the Bangla title is closer-to-heart than the translation. The TV series is about a middle class joint family living in capital city Dhaka. The family members lead their lives through troubles, happiness, love, marriage, death, like an ordinary family in Bangladesh. However, in this TV serial, this ordinary life touches our heart, because of delicate acting, poetic screenplay and excellent composition of music. The story is written by one of the most successful novelist of modern Bangla literature "Humayun Ahmed" and he should get the most applauds. If you happen to get the video cassette of this series please see for yourself to know about real Bangladesh apart from flood and cyclones.