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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA satisfying comic gem.
- 80VarietyRob NelsonVarietyRob NelsonDebuting writer-director Anusha Rizvi manages to wrest a lively feature out of a gravely serious issue, capturing the desperation of India's village farmers, as well as the nation's shift from agriculture to industrialization, without losing sight of the entertainment principle.
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe ambitious Peepli Live manages to mine substantial dark humor from this tragic situation while offering pointed - and sometimes poignant - social commentary in the process.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceIt's an unusual taste of mainstream Indian cinema (or, thanks to superstar Aamir Khan's production company, it's a small film given an unusually mainstream push), unexpectedly irreverent with an earthier, folkier soundtrack than the typical Bollywood electro-bounce.
- 70The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe New York TimesRachel SaltzThe writer-director Anusha Rizvi, making her feature debut, shoots her story efficiently and with visual panache, but after a compelling setup her script runs out of juice.
- 60Time OutEric HynesTime OutEric HynesUnlike satires that coast on winking self-satisfaction, Anusha Rizvi's debut is both a heartfelt and a genuinely funny skewering of India's convoluted caste-consciousness.
- 60MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangePeepli Live opens out slowly to encompass several factions of Indian society, including the press, local, state, and federal politicians, and the shady elements binding them all together. It's a meticulously engineered design that a show like The Wire took several years to execute; here the strain shows within the first half hour.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierPeepli Live may not consistently hit the mark, but it's savvy and humane, which goes a long way.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineTim CogshellBoxoffice MagazineTim CogshellThe juxtaposition of the tragedy and the lunacy of the circumstances are not completely disparate; satire is an appropriate weapon here, but it's the drama in Peepi Live that truly resonates.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleColorful and at times quite lively, but I wish it were funnier and its satirical edge a bit sharper.
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