A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.
Prayag Raj
- Abraham
- (as Prayag Raaj)
Veerendra Saxena
- Joseph
- (as Virendra Saxena)
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- GoofsAs Theresa is walking along with the procession she passes an Indian boy in the crowd who waves at the camera.
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John MacIntosh: [to striking workers] My father was a union man.
- Alternate versionsIn the theatrical version, the scene when Rosie (Sakina Jaffrey) and John (James Wilby) have sex and are caught by Mary (Madhur Jaffrey) at 1:43, Rosie is nude. In a version shown on the Sundance Channel, Rosie is wearing a slip during the entire scene.
- ConnectionsFeatures Aar-Paar (1954)
- SoundtracksMr. Sandman
Composed by Pat Ballard
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Death by Merchant-Ivory
Don't get me wrong, there are Merchant-Ivory films I've really loved, like "Room With A View" and "Remains of the Day." But M-I films either suck you in or they don't, and halfway through this one made me wish I had a 'relief video' handy, perhaps one with car chases and explosions.
For one thing, the title character, a thieving, scheming servant, was completely unlikable. There was no attempt to draw humor from the situation. For another, the character played by Greta Scacchi, an actress I love, was a hopeless dupe. Not only did she seem unaware of the very existence of baby bottles and wet nurses, but one would think that an upper class British woman in India would have a well-developed radar for servant politics and shenanigans.
Lastly, the film would have you believe that Cotton Mary could take a baby, ship it across the river to her sister's compound to nurse, ship it back - and still have time for her various plots? As I recall, the little buggers want to feed pretty often.
If you want to see an allegory on British colonialism in south Asia, watch "A Passage to India" or "The Man Who Would Be King," the latter having more action in any three minutes of its running time than "Cotton" had in its entire length.
For one thing, the title character, a thieving, scheming servant, was completely unlikable. There was no attempt to draw humor from the situation. For another, the character played by Greta Scacchi, an actress I love, was a hopeless dupe. Not only did she seem unaware of the very existence of baby bottles and wet nurses, but one would think that an upper class British woman in India would have a well-developed radar for servant politics and shenanigans.
Lastly, the film would have you believe that Cotton Mary could take a baby, ship it across the river to her sister's compound to nurse, ship it back - and still have time for her various plots? As I recall, the little buggers want to feed pretty often.
If you want to see an allegory on British colonialism in south Asia, watch "A Passage to India" or "The Man Who Would Be King," the latter having more action in any three minutes of its running time than "Cotton" had in its entire length.
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- $3,500,000 (estimated)
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- $299,432
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,680
- Mar 19, 2000
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- $299,432
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