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Mar. 18th, 2005 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hel_anaRoss was out last night, so I rented The Prince and Me and Touch of Pink.
For anyone but a closet Julia Stiles fan like me, The Prince and Me is an easy miss.
But Touch of Pink was absolutely delightful. It stars Jimi Mistry as Alim, a young Indian-Canadian living in London with his boyfriend and the spirit of Cary Grant. His mother decides to visit from Toronto to convince him to a) settle down and marry a nice girl and b) come back for his cousin's lavish wedding.
It's very sweet, very funny, and very real. And there were saris. ;)
One vastly entertaining thing about the movie is that none of the main actors actually possess the accent their character has: Jimi Mistry, a Brit, plays Alim, a Canadian. His English boyfriend is played by a Canadian actor. Alim's uncle Hassan is played with a fairly strong Indian accent by veteran Brian George, who was born in Israel. And his aunt Dolly is played by a woman who sounds more Canadian than I do.
Of course, you know it's a Canadian film because of the contractually obligatory shot of the CN Tower. ;)
Highlights:
Kyle MacLachlan as the Spirit of Cary Grant:
He was quite brilliant. He was playing Cary Grant the actor, rather than Cary Grant the man, and it worked wonderfully. Plus ascots are just nummy. Another great pic can be found here
Suleka Mathew as Nuru, Alim's mother. Suleka is actually in her mid 30's -- they aged her for the part. She's a beautiful presence on the screen, even if the hair style really isn't working for her as well as it could:
I really enjoyed the movie, and highly recommend it.
For anyone but a closet Julia Stiles fan like me, The Prince and Me is an easy miss.
But Touch of Pink was absolutely delightful. It stars Jimi Mistry as Alim, a young Indian-Canadian living in London with his boyfriend and the spirit of Cary Grant. His mother decides to visit from Toronto to convince him to a) settle down and marry a nice girl and b) come back for his cousin's lavish wedding.
It's very sweet, very funny, and very real. And there were saris. ;)
One vastly entertaining thing about the movie is that none of the main actors actually possess the accent their character has: Jimi Mistry, a Brit, plays Alim, a Canadian. His English boyfriend is played by a Canadian actor. Alim's uncle Hassan is played with a fairly strong Indian accent by veteran Brian George, who was born in Israel. And his aunt Dolly is played by a woman who sounds more Canadian than I do.
Of course, you know it's a Canadian film because of the contractually obligatory shot of the CN Tower. ;)
Highlights:
Kyle MacLachlan as the Spirit of Cary Grant:
He was quite brilliant. He was playing Cary Grant the actor, rather than Cary Grant the man, and it worked wonderfully. Plus ascots are just nummy. Another great pic can be found here
Suleka Mathew as Nuru, Alim's mother. Suleka is actually in her mid 30's -- they aged her for the part. She's a beautiful presence on the screen, even if the hair style really isn't working for her as well as it could:
I really enjoyed the movie, and highly recommend it.
