Touch of Pink Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Pink in need of touching-up

Oh dear.

I really wanted to like this film. But who, who thought it was a good idea to get Kyle McLachlan playing Cary Grant's ghost as the commentator? It's the sort of corny device that could - just - work on stage, but it certainly doesn't in this film, which blunders by trying to take on too many themes at once.

McLachlan's Grant accent is, weirdly, about the most convincing. Poor Jimi Mistry - the UK's Asian rent-a-gay actor these days, it would appear - sounds most peculiar, though perhaps as a Canadian character he's supposed to sound strange. Even the English actors sound slightly fake, like English actors being English in American sitcoms.

I feel a little mean writing this, since it's so obviously well-intentioned, and it tackles some of the issues that are barely considered in many Muslim (in this case, specifically Ismaili) societies, let alone in film; and it's better that gayness is dealt with than ignored.

But *sigh* it could have been so much better. A bit less corn and a bit more meat and it could have been more nourishing (so to speak).

Gentle film

Nice gentle film about coming out and dealing with life. Nothing new in it, the story has been convered many times from many angles, but still perfectly watchable. And Kyle Maclachan's accent is weirdly uncanny...