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Feb 9, 2018 · To blast this movie as a “white savior narrative,” as many did when the recent trailer dropped, is to kill a moth with a flamethrower. It’s an amiable misfire. But Brie Larson sure can light up the screen, and she does so here—she’s a pleasant singer, too—and that’s enough to raise this from a one-and-a-half star movie to a two.
Basmati Blues. In this lighthearted, romantic musical, idealistic scientist Linda (Academy Award Winner Brie Larson from Captain Marvel) is sent to India to sell the local farmers on a new kind of genetically modified rice. As she finds her footing amidst a new land and new customs, she begins to fall in love with local rice farmer Rajit ...
Feb 9, 2018 · Basmati Blues was apparently shelved for several years, only resurfacing because of Larson's growing fame; it's one of those cases in which an actor might wish they could erase the past. Yes, Larson is charming and can carry a tune -- a musical number set in a nightclub is a brief, joyful highlight -- but Linda is so easily fooled and pushed ...
Feb 6, 2018 · The years have done little to enhance the long-on-the-shelf Basmati Blues, even though time has been much kinder to its lead actress, as she has won an Oscar and become a genuine movie star.Shot ...
Linda Watt (Brie Larson), is a sheltered but brilliant young scientist who's plucked out of her companys lab and sent to India to sell a genetically modified rice shes created: unaware that the rice will destroy the farmers she thinks shes helping.
Feb 9, 2018 · Jeff Dorchen. Screenplay, Story. Danny Thompson. Story. Linda Watt is a sheltered but brilliant young scientist who is plucked out of her company's lab and sent to India by her CEO to sell "Rice 9," a genetically modified rice she's created. However, unbeknownst to her, the rice will destroy the Indian farmers she thinks she's helping.
