Overrated

Rating: 5/10 (18 November 2013)

Visually stunning I will admit. Irrfan Khan is fantastic in his part. These are the only highlights as the story is in my opinion overrated and very boring. I could not help that the film's overall message was that if you are not a person of faith in a higher being then you are bad person . I dislike people with attitudes like this. Whether or not you have faith in a particular religion or a higher power a person should not be judged by this characteristic which is what this film does. This is how I have interpreted this film and for all I know that may not be the overall message of the film but that is the way that it comes across to me. With that aside I could not help but find many similarities with Tim Burton's magnificent film Big Fish. This film (and I am assuming the novel that it is based on) feels like one big rip off of Big Fish. I like Ang Lee's films but this is by far his worst and in my opinion stole the Oscar nomination for best director from Ben Affleck (who definitely should have won). Do yourself a favour and watch Big Fish, it's a much better film.