I took my friend to see this as part of her birthday treat
I can not belive you only gave it 2 stars we had a great time and laughed from begining to end a real feel good girly movie loved it.
We are going to see The Cabin In The Woods next and as you gave it 4 stars We are expecting a great film hears hoping.

This was one of the best film experiences I have had in a long time. Colourful and moving. Stunning scenery and superb acting.
Relax and let the film just be a film, designed to entertain, which it does in spades. With this galaxy of stars the acting was bound to be good but I felt that Tom Wilkinson was outstanding. The excellent soundtrack added to the enjoyment. Probably not for the young film goer though.

Lighten up, critics! This is not a great film but a good honest feelgood movie. It doesn't pretend to be offering deep psychological or even cultural insights - it's a light-hearted exploration of an unusual 'what-if' situation (I think it follows Deborah Moggach's book quite closely). As such, it's fine. The script doesn't exactly crackle, but it doesn't clunk either. I just sat back and enjoyed the marvellous cast and the real Indian locations (can we have more films like it, please?). I do agree with Matthew T on this, though: if there's one thing that nearly ruins this film, it's the performance of Dev Patel (so good in Slumdog Millionaire, so bad in this!).