Peepli (Live) 2010

Critics score:
83 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Rachel Saltz, New York Times: A fitfully amusing Indian comedy that touches on a hot-button topic. Read more

Eric Hynes, Time Out: Both a heartfelt and a genuinely funny skewering of India's convoluted caste-consciousness. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: This is a movie that opens with the hero puking, and spends the rest of its running time showing why that may be the only sane response to the state of the world. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: You can't decide whether to laugh because the events are so absurd or cry because you can imagine them really happening. Read more

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: I liked Peepli Live, which is colorful and at times quite lively, but I wish it were funnier and its satirical edge a bit sharper. Read more

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice: It's an unusual taste of mainstream Indian cinema, unexpectedly irreverent with an earthier, folkier soundtrack than the typical Bollywood electro-bounce. Read more