How Fully Committed

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2016)

As some critics have noted, during the first half of this move we can identify with Sharu who manages to survive after being lost far from home. The second half is more problematic and not just because it is hard to portray, in a movie, the difficulties involved in finding "home". But also because the character himself doesn't seem fully convinced of his effort. On the one hand he disparages the first world lifestyle and privilege but he fails to relearn the Hindi language at all. If and when he finds the town in which he grew up one would think he would want to be able to communicate with his relatives and friends without a translator. Of course, this is not just a movie but is based on a true story so that this failing would seem to apply to the real life character. To the extent it does, we identify less with the adult Sharu. The film also has some awkward cuts.