Linda Watt (Brie Larson) has created a genetically modified rice with her father played by Scott Bakula. The cheesy plot is a simple love story with a few heavy cultural-specific tropes thrown in as a nod to Bollywood. His character is but one of many stereotypical characters filling out the musical. He plays the role of villain with a detached awareness of what’s right and what’s wrong for the farmers. Somehow the great Donald Sutherland was also roped into doing the movie as an elderly corporate overlord. The musical romantic comedy stars actress Brie Larson as an American scientist sent over to India, selling her company’s genetically modified rice to poor rice farmers. It’s almost worth seeing this turkey for Brie Larson’s relentlessly happy and positive enthusiasm singing and dancing her way through the film. The new movie is a bizarre mix of Broadway show, vapid Hollywood musical, and older Bollywood films. This is one credit she’ll regret having on her IMDB page.Ī cross-cultural romantic comedy and musical from director Danny Baron, it’s already been lambasted for its cultural insensitivity towards India and inept filmmaking. You have to wonder how an Oscar winner like Brie Larson, near the zenith of her career, ended up on a haphazard project like Basmati Blues. Brie Larson and Donald Sutherland Sing In This Musical
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