Good movie
…nuff said.
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Seemed like there were some rough spots, such as
-how could he reach the level of sous chef at an important eatery without having more of an instinct for food than that?
-he has become a chef and grown up in an Indian family yet knows zero about how to cook Indian cuisine?
-what was that detour into sudden adherence to Islam all about? seemed to add nothing to the story.
-he doesn't have a cell phone and has to use a land line from his parents' toilet?
-post-9/11 I would think Muslims are not that popular in New York, but nothing about that came up?
-the girlfriend just disappears in the middle of the movie; he's facing huge disappointment because of his father, but she's not there to share it at all
etc.
Where's your crew?
On the 3rd planet.
There IS no 3rd planet!
Don't you think I know that?
I partly agree with you, specially "he has become a chef and grown up in an Indian family yet knows zero about how to cook Indian cuisine". That part seems improvised to make a good story.
what was that detour into sudden adherence to Islam all about? seemed to add nothing to the story: He was try to impress his dad. It seemed to me that he tried too hard to get away from his cultural identity, and then he tried to overcompensate, because he felt bad for his parents. I do not think he suddenly became religious.
he doesn't have a cell phone and has to use a land line from his parents' toilet?: Meh, so what if he doesn't have a phone.
post-9/11 I would think Muslims are not that popular in New York, but nothing about that came up?: They have a little reference to that on the back of the van of the meat vendor. Somebody had smeared the van to say, halal bitch or something. Other than that, I do not think the writers wanted to use any more of that fact. Any movie with muslims as protagonists doesn't need to be about terrorism and islamophobia. It is a feel-good movie.