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Hindi language comedy about the media frenzy that erupts when a poor farmer in rural India is encouraged by a politician to commit suicide so that his family may receive government benefits in order to repay an outstanding loan that threatens to undo the family farm. Cast:Omkar Das, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh JaffarDirector:Anusha RizviRelease Date:August 13, 2010DVD Release:November 23, 2010Length:1 hr. 46 min.
Peepli Live played in regional release to good not great reviews. • Gary Goldstein wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "...mines substantial dark humor from this tragic situation while offering pointed — and sometimes poignant — social commentary in the process.... a tricky juggling act..." • And Clint O'Connor wrote in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, "...not quite clever enough." More Reviews Below...
Peepli Live Positive Reviews (13 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (6 Reviews)
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...fitfully amusing... Rizvi, making her feature debut, shoots her story efficiently and with visual panache, but after a compelling setup her script runs out of juice."(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 333 words, 08/13/10
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "...mines substantial dark humor from this tragic situation while offering pointed -- and sometimes poignant -- social commentary in the process.... a tricky juggling act..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 237 words, 08/13/10
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...an amusingly bittersweet satire... unexpectedly irreverent with an earthier, folkier soundtrack than the typical Bollywood electro-bounce."(See all of Aaron Hillis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 213 words, 08/11/10
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...has a compelling premise and some funny moments but the execution is not quite clever enough. The writing lacks depth, the main character is infinitely uninteresting."(See all of Clint O'Connor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 323 words, 11/19/10
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...an amusingly bittersweet satire... unexpectedly irreverent with an earthier, folkier soundtrack than the typical Bollywood electro-bounce."(See all of Aaron Hillis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 213 words, 08/11/10
Noel Murray, AV Club: EXCELLENT(cg) "...opens with the hero puking, and spends the rest of its running time showing why that may be the only sane response to the state of the world."(See all of Noel Murray's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 345 words, 08/19/10
Andrew Schenker, Slant: MODERATE(cg) "...most of the satire has a secondhand feel to it... More successful than the film's limp media satire is its jaundiced look at the wider world of Indian politics."(See all of Andrew Schenker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 900 words, 08/08/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...fitfully amusing... Rizvi, making her feature debut, shoots her story efficiently and with visual panache, but after a compelling setup her script runs out of juice."(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 333 words, 08/13/10
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "...mines substantial dark humor from this tragic situation while offering pointed -- and sometimes poignant -- social commentary in the process.... a tricky juggling act..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 237 words, 08/13/10
MOVIE INDUSTRY (5 Reviews)
Rob Nelson, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "Debuting writer-director Anusha Rizvi manages to wrest a lively feature out of a gravely serious issue without losing sight of the entertainment principle."(See all of Rob Nelson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 283 words, 02/08/10
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: EXCELLENT "Omkar Das Manikpuri is perfect as a hapless everyman... Raghubir Yadav is quite funny... laughs mount as absurdity takes hold.... a satisfying comic gem."(See all of Kirk Honeycutt's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 875 words, 01/28/10
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD "...mines substantial dark humor from this tragic situation while offering pointed -- and sometimes poignant -- social commentary in the process.... a tricky juggling act..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 237 words, 08/13/10
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: VERY GOOD(cg) "...poignant social satire... about contemporary Indian society, its rural foundations, its changing demographics, its red-tape bureaucracy, its multi-faced politics, and so on."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 379 words, 08/18/10
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...fitfully amusing... Rizvi, making her feature debut, shoots her story efficiently and with visual panache, but after a compelling setup her script runs out of juice."(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 333 words, 08/13/10
13.1 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Peepli Live's reviews are separated by an average 13.1 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Peepli Live (13 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Peepli Live's reviews cover 12.3% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 4,877 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 375 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Peepli Live Coverage, Volume & Length (13 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 10 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Peepli Live's reviews on average broke 10 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Peepli Live's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Peepli Live (13 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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