The Reluctant Fundamentalist Movie Review

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (English)

Release Date:
May 17, 2013

The movie is a touching and engaging story of a young man chasing corporate success on Wall Street. Post September 2011 tragedy in America, he finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland.

The movie is a touching and engaging story of a young man chasing corporate success on Wall Street. Post September 2011... Show More

The film could have done with more finesse in the way it begins and ends, but there are enough subtle shifts in the main act

Indian Express

Mira Nair does a great service to The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the Mohsin Hamid book - a listless series of familiar observations and endless allegories - by directing with considerable gusto and breathing life into the source material

Mumbai Mirror

A long drawn, tedious Islam-West dialogue. The only point Mira Nair scores: It’s the largely unheard point of view on terrorism and 9/11