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Jun 14, 2017 · Their demands are a complex, contradictory mix of American and traditional Indian values. While most of the film is a genial story about culture clashes and charming malapropisms, the threat of sending their kids back to India to be raised hangs over both Smith and his older sister.
Jan 31, 2017 · “Nice bag, Pocahontas,” the racist white kids – “cowboys,” as Smith refers to them – taunt poor Smith. “The only good Indian is a dead Indian.” They chase him down alleyways, until “the one cowboy that made up for all the others,” the enigmatic Butch Brunner (a scruffy Jason Lee) – Amy’s father, as it so happens ...
Yes, it's adorable when a young Indian boy wearing a white vest dances to the Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" songs. But Growing Up Smith falls back on scene after scene of cliches and condescendingly shows foreign parents being clueless about American ways.
- Frank Lotito
- Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
- Good Deed Entertainment
Jan 31, 2017 · Scenes and experiences from Anjul Nigam’s childhood highly influenced the script he co-wrote for “Growing Up Smith,” a new coming-of-age comedy.
Feb 2, 2017 · Smith has a crush on a neighbor, Amy (Brighton Sharbino), who befriends him in a neighborhood and school that seem full of bullies intolerant of his accent and culture.
- Frank Lotito
Feb 10, 2017 · ‘Growing Up Smith’ is about universal themes: first-love, childhood heroes, and growing up in a small town, and all told from the perspective of an Indian immigrant boy. Setting the story behind the lens of a memory of simpler times, we can inspire our audiences to leave the cinema with a skip of optimism in their hearts… a sense of ...
Growing Up Smith is a 2017 comedy-drama film written by Anjul Nigam, Paul Quinn, and Gregory Scott Houghton. It was produced by Anjul Nigam, Frank Lotito, and Steve Straka and directed by Frank Lotito.
