The Mistress of Spices (2005): Tilo has the ability of foreseeing the future. She becomes the Mistress of Spices and is sent to the Spice Bazaar in San Francisco, with the mission of helping others, but she must adhere to three rules. (5.3)
Director: Paul Mayeda Berges
Writers: Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges
Stars: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Dylan McDermott and Nitin Ganatra
Very interesting storyline, but they squander the opportunities it offers by adding the three silly rules and limiting themselves. There is no real character development. The acting is pretty lousy, yes, including that of Ms. Rai. (Though I'd heard of her, this is the first time I've seen the famous actress on any screen and I'm disappointed.) IMDB says this had been filmed in various locations in northern California, but they haven't taken the full use of the picturesque sites. The colors of spices were nice, but everything else in most of the scenes were unnaturally sanitized. Sorry, the basic lack of good acting stopped me from getting into the movie. My Rating: 4.5
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