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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: An astonishing, overpowering piece of rabble-rousing, consciousness-raising, epic-scale filmmaking. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: This is an eye-filling and often stirring movie. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: An excellent examination of caste discrimination, human suffering, and the role of women in India's changing culture. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Seema Biswas is convincing in the role: small, fierce, dark-eyed and indomitable. Read more
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Devi is played by Seema Biswas as a fireball of unrelenting, white-hot fury -- a slap in the face to her country and its barbaric, outdated treatment of women. Read more
David Jenkins, Time Out: The numerous, unflinchingly filmed scenes of public and gang rape make this a visceral, if gruelling, experience, especially when juxtaposed with sprawling, beautifully photographed vistas of the Indian deserts and mountain ranges. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: To watch the film -- directed with eye-opening vigor by Shekhar Kapur -- is to vicariously experience the social horrors of India's patriarchal system. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: This powerful but grueling Indian film is not only a tribute to her spirit, but also a searing indictment of a culture corrupted by the caste system and degraded by chauvinism. Read more