| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by David Dalgleish |
| Starring Nandita Das, Maaia Sethna, Aamir Khan, Rahul Khanna;
Written & Directed by Deepa Mehta, from a novel by Bapsi Sidhwa;
Cinematography by Giles Nuttgens more |
| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by Greg King |
| EARTH (M).
(Pinefilm/Beyond Films)
Director: Deepa Mehta
Stars: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna, Kitu Gidwani,
Kulbushan Kharbanda
Running time: 110 minutes
(Indian, with English subtitles).
The second film in Indian director Deepa...more |
| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Indian writer/director Deepa Mehta, as she showed in her previous movie
(FIRE), knows how to construct a film with great visual panache. Her
downfall is that her stories and her actors remain at the level of soap
operas -- lovely to look at but lacking...more |
| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by Atul Khare |
| It is impossible to review Earth without giving some background into
the events that precipitated one of the worst holocausts that mankind
has seen. It was 1947, and Britain, ravaged by World War II was faced
with the unimaginable: The sun was finally...more |
| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 4.0)
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Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more |
| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by Sridhar Prasad |
| EARTH
A film by Deepa Mehta
Starring: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, and Rahul Khanna
Written by Deepa Mehta
Based on the book "Cracking India" by Bapsi Sidhwa
In Hindi, Urdu, Parsi, and Punjabi, with English subtitles more |
| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| "Earth" tells (in Hindi mixed with English) the story of the 1947
partitioning of India as seen through the eyes of a little girl named Lenny.
Lenny's Nanny, the beautiful Hindu Shanta, hangs with a hip,
religiously-mixed bunch of friends who try...more |
| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Zeitgeist Films
Director: Deepa Mehta
Writer: Deepa Mehta, book "Cracking India" by Bapsi
Sidhwa
Cast: Nandita Das, Kitu Gidwani, Aamir Khan, Rahul
Hkanna, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Eric Peterson, Maaia
Sethna,...more |
| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Zeitgeist Films
Director: Deepa Mehta
Writer: Deepa Mehta, book "Cracking India" by Bapsi
Sidhwa
Cast: Nandita Das, Kitu Gidwani, Aamir Khan, Rahul
Hkanna, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Eric Peterson, Maaia
Sethna,...more |
| The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| "Two tickets for the ride of your life," Anna says to her newfound
lover Sam. The tickets she bought him are just for the Ferris wheel,
but she is indeed about to take him on the ride of his life. more |
