Fresh
Americanizing Shelley isn't original, or the least bit believable, but it's so lovingly made that one's usual resistance to such cliches falls away.
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
Americanizing Shelley
Love means never having to say you're sari...
2007 · 1h 31m · PG
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Lorraine Senna
Overview
A wannabe Hollywood player sets out to Americanize an Indian girl from the Himalayas.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
A Punjabi Pygmalion, director Lorraine Senna's Americanizing Shelley is a sweet-natured, often charming twist on the assimilation comedy.
John Anderson, Variety
Rotten
With its tired reworking of Pygmalion and stiff, amateurish staging, Americanizing Shelley is clearly all about one thing: Gujral. She's cute, but by the end of this ego trip, she's more insufferable than adorable.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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