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- Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 and wrote: " City of Joy seems a little too "written," too conformed to the rituals of Hollywood screenplays. There's so much interesting stuff in the movie we are prepared to forgive that."
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Roger Ebert April 17, 1992. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. One day a surgeon named Max Lowe walks away from the operating theater and Houston and everything his life stands for. He's dropping out, and maybe in some kind of leftover '60s reflex he decides to travel to Calcutta.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 53% based on reviews from 17 critics. [6] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 and wrote: " City of Joy seems a little too "written," too conformed to the rituals of Hollywood screenplays.
Apr 17, 1992 · City of Joy: Directed by Roland Joffé. With Patrick Swayze, Om Puri, Pauline Collins, Shabana Azmi. An American doctor, a British nurse, and an illiterate Indian farmer unite to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.
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- Drama
- Roland Joffé
- 1992-04-17
Jan 4, 2018 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times City of Joy seems a little too "written," too conformed to the rituals of Hollywood screenplays. There's so much interesting stuff in...
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- Roland Joffé
- PG-13
- Patrick Swayze
544. ISBN. 0-09-914091-8. City of Joy ( French: La Cité de la joie) is a 1985 novel by Dominique Lapierre. It was adapted as a film by Roland Joffé in 1992. Calcutta is nicknamed "the City of Joy" after this novel, [1] although the slum was based on an area in its twin city of Howrah .
Among the top critics and reviewers, Vincent Canby of New York Times labeled the film as "phony from start to finish" adding that it actually "lacks the courage of its confused convictions" while Roger Ebert was more positive about the film's appeal to general audiences.
