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RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, THE

Director:

  Mira Nair
  

Year Released:

  2012

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Riz Ahmed
  Nelsan Ellis
  Kate Hudson
  Liev Schreiber
  Kiefer Sutherland
Movie Haiku:Ahmed stars as "Changez," son of a prominent but almost penniless Pakistani family whose plans to make it big in America are derailed by 9/11 blowback. Sutherland is excellent as the corporate whiz who hires & nurtures his career, but Hudson is totally miscast as the rich girl he falls for. Noble effort to adapt Mohsin Hamid novel, but, alas, the pieces don''t quite fit.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2013