Any1 seen this film and actually liked it?!!

I totally agree what a waste of 7.50 however there were some saving graces. I have never laughed so hard as the scene when she (Ms Rai) was on the bridge with a close up shot on the back of a bike with helmet. In these days of special effects being knocked up so easily on your home PC Ms Chada deserves an oscar for un-intentionally funny moments in the film. Also who tied that young guys Turban? That looked like someones creation on the basis of being shown a picture. Come on Ms Chada where are your Southall roots! For hilarity and chortling value 10 out of 10 as a piece of cinema very low out of 10 depending on your mood. I think Ms Chada really needs to stop re-cycling actors to keep things fresh and push boundaries. Take a cloes look at Mangal Pandey.

Today I assisted a screening session where the film was tested for the German market. Viewing the reactions of the public, I don't really think that it will appear on the German screens. And if, it will not be a mentionable success.

I just watched this film.The ONLY good performance from this film was from Ash. The casting was beyond insane, bad acting, bad actors/actresses that were out of place, and a storyline that is not meant to be developed into a full film. Ash however acted her role--a role that was mediocre, very well. I think it was a wasted effort for a meaningless movie/role.

WHy coulded the directors simply do a Bride and Prejudice 2 instead of wasting the skills of a couple of actors/actress who featured in that movie. No wonder why Ash and people from Asia/Africa are not taken serious for major Hollywood roles.

I enjoyed it. I'm not saying that it's brilliantly amazing, or all that original or anything like that- I'm just saying that it was a pleasant way to spend a few hours, and I'd gladly watch it again.

I loved this film but I can see how it wasn't for everyone, maybe even not for many. Definitely a chick-flick. My husband would have either fallen asleep or torn his hair out if he had tried to watch it.

The basic story was hardly original, but I felt the spice mythology added some much-needed magic to the star-crossed lovers cliché. To me, the real reason to see it is entirely for visual beauty. It's breathtakingly lovely. The use of colors, textures, artistic movement was brilliant. And the actress who played Tilo must be one of the most beautiful women in the world.

I really liked this movie. It was exactly what I was looking for a light whimsical love story. I think people who didn't like this movie didn't read the blurb on the back. It wasn't meant to be a deep serious film. It is just a simple love story based on magic. I thought it was very sweet and the richness of the colors from the clothing to the set was wonderful eye candy.

Well, I picked it up at the library and saw it for free (always the best price, ha-ha) but frankly did not enjoy it and could have cared less how it ended. Not much of a plot, was there? Very attractive people to watch but all I could think about was Dylan McDermott's divorce from his Indian wife, which made watching the movie weird. I don't know anything about the main actress but hope her other work is more interesting. I will try to locate some of her other work. She truly is a beauty.

Number one, I think you have to have read the book and to be a fan of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, who is one of my favorite writers, to appreciate this movie. Number two, you really do need to know in advance that the story is one written and presented on screen in the magical realism style (Alice Hoffman, Laura Esquivel, et al.) and is NOT meant to be taken seriously. It is not a comedy, drama or combination of the two, but more like an allegory or fable, I would say, and requires much suspension of belief.

Having read the book and not finding it to be Ms. Divakaruni's finest work, I did nevertheless enjoy the film, which I recently rented on DVD. Aishwarya Rai was perfect in the lead role, just luminous. One could believe looking at her that she wasn't a flesh-and-blood woman but every man's fantasy come to life. And her customers in the store's characters were all presented well enough. However, I thought Dylan McDermott in the role of Doug was one of the worst incidents of miscasting I have seen in awhile. He was nothing like the character in the book: too old, for one thing, physically very different and even his personality in the movie didn't represent the impressions I had gotten from reading the book.

Where the book really lost me was in the silly ending (it's been a couple of years since I read it, but I remember something about the Oakland hills and fires and all kinds of stuff thrown together in apparent attempt to fashion a purpose for the story at the last minute). The movie wasn't much better, but then how can you end a story that is fashioned from nothing but light, mirrors, fog and spices to begin with? No substance. Pretty to look at, and lovely to behold, but with no message to leave behind that I could ascertain. Agreed, sometimes a film that is beautiful to look at justifies itself by that fact, but I wouldn't put this one in that category.