The Namesake

Director: Mira Nair

Cast: Kal Penn, Tabu, Irfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Glenne Headley, Brooke Smith

(Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2006) Rated: PG-13

US DVD release date: 27 November 2007 (Fox)

[28 November 2007]

by Josh Timmermann

Whatever else you get out of this movie -- a give-take equation that depends largely on your willingness to follow Nair’s lead -- it’s worth watching for Tabu’s superlative turn alone, which would earn her an Oscar if there were any justice in the First World.

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