The Namesake [2006]

The Namesake
Reviewed: 26.06.2007

Er it was OK... I couldn't relate to the story or to the characters so it didn't touch me in any great way or anything. I mean all that hoohaa over a name? And that scene where they're showing college students taking the p!ss out of someones name? I mean seriously... What world is that? Anyway whatever... Film-wise also it was really slow paced...Patchy screenplay. Performances were good though...probably the only highlight. None of the roles required anything major from the actors but still the actors did a good job in whatever little they had to do. Irrfan is someone I usually hate with a lot of passion but he was quite good here, suited the role..for once! Tabu was really good and got into the skin of the character so easily it seemed. That Penn[?] guy was annoying.

So yeah...I had heard so much about the film and what I saw really didn't match up to that!