1954, the Malabar Coast. British and Anglo-Indian identities blur when an English-woman with a neglectful husband births a sickly baby. Cotton Mary, a hospital aide and moralizing Anglophile who claims her father was a British officer, takes over the infant's care and, without a word to the mother, takes the baby daily to her sister to nurse. Mary moves into the English household, taking over more and more duties as she plays on the mother's fatigue and lack of spousal counse... (Full plot summary below)
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1954, the Malabar Coast. British and Anglo-Indian identities blur when an English-woman with a neglectful husband births a sickly baby. Cotton Mary, a hospital aide and moralizing Anglophile who claims her father was a British officer, takes over the infant's care and, without a word to the mother, takes the baby daily to her sister to nurse. Mary moves into the English household, taking over more and more duties as she plays on the mother's fatigue and lack of spousal counsel: in effect, Mary colonizes the English household while she pilfers its stores and tells tall tales to her own family. For how long can Mary sustain her rule before the Englishwoman stands on her own feet?
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| Boston GlobeJay CarrCotton Mary, Ismail Merchant's second film as a director, puts some interestingly layered material into play, but he can't quite bring it together. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaThe entire film lacks the subtlety which is the hallmark of good writing. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekAs a serious reflection on the impact of colonial exploitation on both its perpetrators and its victims, it pretty much misses the boat. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenCredible and moving that Greta Scacchi's performance is, Madhur Jaffrey is the real jewel of this Merchant-Ivory work. |
| San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisIt's as though, in documenting cultural queerness afoot, [Merchant] skipped the institution and went straight for the loony bin. |
| Empire MagazineDarren BignellAll very, very long-winded. And it's a basic filmic truth that if you fail to provide an audience with even one character to sympathise with, interest will rapidly flag. |
| culturevulture.netArthur LazereCotton Mary...is an obsequious, scheming, condescending, ambitious, callous, insincere, officious snob and thief. Two hours in her company is too much to ask. |
| New York TimesElvis MitchellCotton Mary is terminally marred by good taste; and melodrama is like the Star-Kist commercial: people don't want tuna with good taste; they want tuna that tastes good. |
| User ReviewTom MLitte known Merchant/Ivory movie. Director: Ismail Merchant. Very good... |
| User ReviewPrivate UA strange story about obssessed anglo-indian nurse who want badly to become a Lady from english community. |
