Chutney Popcorn

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Chutney Popcorn

1999,

1h 33m,

Comedy

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87%

15 Reviews

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1,000+ Ratings

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87%

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50%

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When Sarita discovers she can't have children, Reena finds that for the first time in their lives, she, Reena, can do something her perfect sister Sarita can't: get pregnant! Obsessed with helping her sister and winning her mom's approval to go ahead with her plan, Reena decides she'll have the baby and then give it to her sister and brother-in-law. Now she just needs to convince her commitment-phobic girlfriend to go along with the idea.

Ted Shen

Chicago Reader

May 29, 2020

The film runs out of comic situations after the first hour and resorts to too many senseless montages

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John Petrakis

Chicago Tribune

May 29, 2020

2.5/4

Its strengths are many, but by the end, it's clear that this debut feature has missed one too many opportunities that would have made it a sharper social satire.

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

May 29, 2020

3/5

With henna tattoos drawing parallels between Indian tradition and the lesbian lifestyle, it's a canny sitcom.

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Ian Thomas Malone

ianthomasmalone.com

Apr 25, 2024

The film’s greatest triumph is the way Ganatra breaks down seemingly impassable messiness, making an impassioned case for the power of love to persist under the harshest circumstances.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Feb 12, 2024

A lovely film about the complications of love and family,

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Sheila Reid

Women in the Life

May 16, 2022

It’s fun, fat-free and finger-lickin’ good.

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Nisha Ganatra

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Jillian Hennessy

Lisa

Nisha Ganatra

Reena

Nick Chinlund

Mitch

Madhur Jaffrey

Meenu

Sakina Jaffrey

Sarita

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Synopsis

When Sarita discovers she can't have children, Reena finds that for the first time in their lives, she, Reena, can do something her perfect sister Sarita can't: get pregnant! Obsessed with helping her sister and winning her mom's approval to go ahead with her plan, Reena decides she'll have the baby and then give it to her sister and brother-in-law. Now she just needs to convince her commitment-phobic girlfriend to go along with the idea.

Director: Nisha Ganatra
Producer: Sarah Carnival, Nisha Ganatra, Jody Kipper, Sarah Vogel
Screenwriter: Susan Carnival, Nisha Ganatra
Distributor: Showtime Entertainment
Production Co: First Look Pictures Releasing, Seneca Falls, Mata Productions, Inc., Tribeca Film Center
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 14, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 8, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.3K
Runtime: 1h 33m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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