Bhaji on the Beach

"An insightful look at the difficulties of bridging cultures and generations, but it never forgets to have fun" 

"'Bhaji' gets a lot of laughs at the expense of the extended Anglo-Indian family (...) Sexism and racism are treated comically, without losing their sting (...) Pace is fast" 

"Given the fact that every older generation believes all of its values have been lost by the young, it is a wonder there are any left to pass along (...) but there are - and the way the movie makes that clear is one of its strengths (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Watchable but generally ho-hum (...) The overall style is realist, though there are a few fleeting fantasy interludes that don't work very well" 

"Chadha lifts the piece some way from its workaday premise, yet her main method of generating dramatic sparks and laughs, by bringing cultures into head-on collisions (...) is too obvious to really engage (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)" 

"Plot and motivation are both contrived, but once the story gets going, first-time director Gurinder Chadha extracts maximum fun from her sedate matrons and wild teenagers"