i’m biased
rating system is my own emotional pendulum
some thoughts: i liked how although the protagonist is initially constantly interrogating white imperialism / the colonial nature of tourism, as well as the dichotomy of first/third world binaries, and yet she still ends up marrying a white love interest. the film has the capacity to engage with this kind of discourse, but her choices r still between two ignorant white dudes— one of which is fetishistic and orientalist, the other who thinks india is less progressive and backwards. this is…