The Mistress of Spices

A waste of time and money. It was stupid. Aish cannot act. Period. The plot was boring. It worked in the book, but not as a movie. All of the actors were bad. It was so typical. Indian girl meets white... Full review

As a newbie to the amazing Bollywood, I picked up this movie expecting perfection. Boy was I wrong. No, this movie wasn't dreadful exactly, it just wasn't Miss Rai's best performance to me. I hated the story a little bit, I... Full review

I wasted 1:30 hours of my time. The whole movie was filmed in a store. Are they testing hollywood? I don't see any point in that movie.... Full review

In India, Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) has the ability of foreseeing the future. When their parents are killed by bandits, she is kidnapped but escapes and is raised by the First Mother (Zohra Segal) in a sort of traditional cult of... Full review

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OK she talks to the spices like they control her life its soo lame and u just wait for it to get better but it never does. My boyfriend and I just to entertain ourselves made fun of the movie while... Full review

I felt that the director wasted a wonderful chance to turn a good subject and good actors into great movie. It is boring without any purpose and entertainment value.... Full review

My summary is from my favourite line in the film, when Doug pesters Tilo for the name of his spice and she refuses to tell him because it contradicts with her feelings for him. So, Doug asks her again when... Full review

I think the movie is a total diappointment although it did have an interesting storyline where the mystical properties,variety and the utilization of spices is shown in a different manner unknown to many and that these young ladies are the who... Full review

All the prickly hate surrounding this film is perplexing. Aishwarya Rai fills the chapals of Tilo perfectly and Dylan McDermott is ravishing as Doug. The chemistry between Rai and McDermott is palpable. The source material for the film is pretty... Full review

Paul Mayeda Berges had a fascinating story on hand and even the screen adaptation of the novel has its high points....But The Mistress of Spices falters, and falters terribly at that.....What makes matters worse is the slow pacing of the film.....The story unfolds at a lethargic pace, with boredom seeping in after an interesting start..... ... Full Review

But only slightly less excruciating is a bad movie that thinks it's adorable. ... Full Review

But The Mistress of Spices falters, and falters terribly at that. The Mistress of Spices looks at the conflicts faced by Tilo [Aishwarya Rai], a beautiful young woman trained in the ancient and magical art of spices. Ayesha Dharker is wasted. ... Full Review

The Mistress Of Spices sits very nicely in our body of work,' adds Chadha, who co-wrote and produced the film. The Mistress Of Spices, Berges's directorial debut, adapted from the book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, is, they say, 'an immigrant's tale about keeping the magic alive'. ... Full Review

From flower-petals to scenic locations, Mistress of Spices redefines the concept of beauty in films through the rich use of spices.....This fairy-tale fable fits the format of the cross-culture foreign film.....the major part of the film is shot inside the store, it still looks visually appealing..... ... Full Review

All the talk of an international career is just talk for Kareena. As far as she is concerned, she has no intentions of going international. ... Full Article

Aishwarya Rai is "The Mistress of Spices" and the world's most popular movie star. Never heard of her? Rai is the undisputed queen of Bollywood and idol of a billion Indians around the globe which makes her far greater a... ... Full Article

Nepals fascination for Bollywood - showcased by Indian starlets and songs heralding the new year in the country - is all set to spill into its film festivals. ... Full Article

Rumours have it that Aishwarya Rai and Akshaye Khanna may act together in a film to be produced by actor Anil Kapoor . If this project materializes, it would mark the return of the three stars of Subhash Ghai's hit... ... Full Article

The Mistress Of Spices is a bland, wishy-washy film with amateurish direction and merely passable acting performances. The film, starring Aishwarya Rai with the 44-yr-old American actor Dylan McDermott , is the directorial debut of Paul Mayeda Berges, the husband... ... Full Article

Gurinder Chadha and her co-writer and now director of their first joint venture, Paul Mayeda Berges, have made memorable films that have been based on the conflicts and drama in the lives of Asian subcontinent people living in foreign countries,... ... Full Article