
A young Indian man relocates to 1970s Chicago to become an engineer, but when his job falls through, resorts to an elaborate charade with misfit friends in order to woo his childhood sweetheart.... (Full plot summary below)
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A young Indian man relocates to 1970s Chicago to become an engineer, but when his job falls through, resorts to an elaborate charade with misfit friends in order to woo his childhood sweetheart.
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| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Elinor JonesThe Tiger Hunter is like if a Bollywood romance and a Wes Anderson movie had a baby, then that baby grew up and had its own baby with My Big Fat Greek Wedding. |
| Baret NewsKam WilliamsA lighthearted look at the pursuit of the elusive American Dream from the perspective of a lovesick expat from the Subcontinent. |
| Film InquiryAlistair RyderThe jokes may unanimously fall flat, and The Tiger Hunter may offer no new insight into the immigrant experience, but it has a feel good, positive nature that redeems itself somewhat. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThere has been no shortage of films tracking the immigrant pursuit of the American dream, but few have been as laugh-out-loud delightful as The Tiger Hunter, a sparkling first feature by Lena Khan. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordThe moral of the story, which I actually agree with, is "being happy is finding greatness in how you live." I'll give the film that. |
| TheWrapInkoo KangThere’s enough good-naturedness and cultural specificity here, alongside a slight deviation from the usual immigrant narratives, to render it a dollop of sweetness and novelty that goes down easy. |
| Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpThe Tiger Hunter isn’t exactly the most woke comic effort you’ll see in 2017, but there’s a particular pleasure taken in watching Khan pick apart our beloved national fable through a South Asian lens, even though that lens indulges a traditional and long-expired style of racial profiling. |
| SF WeeklySherilyn ConnellyThe brightest point of The Tiger Hunter is Pudi, often the best thing in good television shows that either burned out (Community) or never quite caught fire (Powerless), finally getting a chance to shine as a leading man. He's always worth hunting down. |
| Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceA formulaic script and a director not adept at comedy keep The Tiger Hunter from earning its stripes. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliWhen it doesn’t work, it’s because it tries too hard to provoke laughter with clichéd jokes and subpar physical comedy. |