74
Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversGet your titles straight -- this is the good one, and a roaring good time.
- There is some meandering, episodic raggedness to the plotting, but Khan-Din's dialogue has a fine, naturalistic flow, and the young, debuting director O'Donnell, who's neither English nor Pakistani but Irish, skillfully keeps the material from showing too clearly its theatrical origins.
- 88Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanExamines Muslim family's religious warfare.
- 80Village VoiceAmy TaubinVillage VoiceAmy TaubinLargely a showcase for Puri, and he rises to the occasion with a performance that bursts from the screen and tears into your heart.
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThis engaging ensemble comedy that could have been called ''Father Doesn't Know Best.''
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldBounces between funny and chilling.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAbove all a man's confrontation with self in middle-age and his need to accept the fact that his children, beyond their mixed ancestry, are after all native-born English citizens.
- 50Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachUnwisely bills itself as a comedy.
- A pleasure to watch for the cast alone and their accomplishments should not be obscured by underwritten characters and overwritten jokey set-pieces.
- 40Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderFar less insulting to Pakistanis or Mancunians than it is to its audience.