The Mistress Of Spices

2005

96 mins

Directed by Paul Mayeda Berges
11%
42%
Drama
Fantasy

Billed as an Indian immigrant version of 'Chocolat' - a magic realist fairytale about a woman and her spice shop. More

Billed as an Indian immigrant version of 'Chocolat' - a magic realist fairytale about a woman and her spice shop.

Tilo (Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai) is new to America, and holds a magical powers over the spices she sells in her store. Provided, that is, she adheres to the rules of being a 'mistress of spice' - never leave the store, never touch anyone, love only the spices. Then she meets Doug (McDermot). The spices affect seems linked to Tilo, and the more she falls for him, the more the spices start to misbehave for her customers.

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The Mistress Of Spices | Ratings & Reviews

11_%9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
42_%8,012 reviews
Audience score rating

"Beautiful but lifeless, poetic but unelevated, "The Mistress of Spices" reps a brave but flawed attempt at that most unforgiving of contemporary genres, magical realism..."

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Variety

"The most that can be said for the film is that it will put you in the mood for a curry..."

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New Zealand Herald

"Despite the ethereal presence of Aishwarya Rai, this dose of magic realism es off almost from the start, plagued by an artificiality that extends to a central romance crucial to the story..."

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Hollywood Reporter

"An ambitious attempt at an Indian immigrant version of Chocolat, this has amiable romance but little magic. Aishwarya Rais undoubted screen presence keeps this consistently watchable..."

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Empire Magazine

"Despite its colourful eastern palette and amiable performances from Bollywood starlet Aishwarya Rai and American hunk Dylan McDermott, the drama is as bland as a cucumber sandwich..."

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