
A Suitable Girl follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. The film examines the women's complex relationship with marriage, family, and society.... (Full plot summary below)
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A Suitable Girl follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. The film examines the women's complex relationship with marriage, family, and society.
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| NUVO NewsweeklyKatherine CoplenTo watch this film is to sublimate my Western context for how love should be found, and instead open my mind to the way that 1.3 billion people on Earth might choose to do it. |
| Film ThreatPaul ParcellinThe film gives what seems like an honest look at a world that might be quite foreign to many of us, and it's a fascinating slice of life to observe. |
| Big Apple ReviewsHarvey S. KartenA suitable look into the much used theme of arranged marriage. |
| Eye for FilmJennie Kermodehis is a film full of love, colour and warmth, and it takes a nuanced view of its subject, but the loneliness saturating some of the celebrations is palpable. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreSober and fair-minded, but a bit slow and too accepting of the "pat" ending it presents for its three Indian women looking for husbands |
| Common Sense MediaBarbara ShulgasserDocu offers an inside look at arranged marriage in India. |
| The Muse/JezebelPrachi GuptaA Suitable Girl depicts the diverse forms arranged marriages take, breaking down stereotypes and creating an intricate portrait of an ever-evolving practice in one of the most populous countries in the world. |
| The Young FolksNathanael HoodWe're left with a stunted perspective of arranged marriages: if anything, the film seems to argue that the whole process of parental matchmaking is an endurable hassle that inevitably leads to happy marriages. |