What's Love Got To Do With It!
I liked the initial idea, however to make drama you need to compress reality and here it was reduced to some very basic premises. Arranged marriage in uk is quite different to how things might be arranged in Pakistan. Nearly everyone I know in this situation has been allowed to pursue a love match up to the age of 30, it is only when this has not worked that matchmakers are sought.
The film tried to oppose arranged marriages against a love match and this binary approach does not reflect real life. Secondly there was a sense we were, the audience, being educated but not with a realistic representation.
Did I laugh yes I did, did they follow through with any proper conclusion, no they didn't! The only conclusion I could draw from the movie was arranged marriages are all about pretence and the parents needs.
At best is was a 6 outta 10, I enjoyed it whilst I was watching it, but afterwards it really was quite unsatisfactory.
I liked the initial idea, however to make drama you need to compress reality and here it was reduced to some very basic premises. Arranged marriage in uk is quite different to how things might be arranged in Pakistan. Nearly everyone I know in this situation has been allowed to pursue a love match up to the age of 30, it is only when this has not worked that matchmakers are sought.
The film tried to oppose arranged marriages against a love match and this binary approach does not reflect real life. Secondly there was a sense we were, the audience, being educated but not with a realistic representation.
Did I laugh yes I did, did they follow through with any proper conclusion, no they didn't! The only conclusion I could draw from the movie was arranged marriages are all about pretence and the parents needs.
At best is was a 6 outta 10, I enjoyed it whilst I was watching it, but afterwards it really was quite unsatisfactory.