The Mistress of Spices (2005)

5.6	Listal rating
5.3	IMDB rating

Directed by

Paul Mayeda Berges

Starring (View all)

Aishwarya Rai

Tilo

Dylan McDermott

Doug

Nitin Ganatra

Haroun Rehman

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Kwesi

Caroline Chikezie

Myisha

Anupam Kher

Geeta's Grandfather

Shaheen Khan

Jagit's Mother

Sonny Gill Dulay

Jagjit

Written by (View all)

Gurinder Chadha

(screenplay)

Paul Mayeda Berges

(screenplay)

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a girl movie although...

5 years, 6 months ago at Nov 10 15:51

doudouce55

4 votes

Tilo (A. Rai) opens a spice bazaar near San Francisco. She must follow 3 rules as a 'mistress of the spices': never use the spices for her own; never leave the spices; never touch another skin. She has a wide variety of clients who seek her help for various reasons, the most obvious being love, and she attends to them, as best she can. Unfortunately for her, one day she meets Doug (McDermott) and ... read more

La joven de las especias: Le falta sal y

6 years, 1 month ago at Apr 21 9:42

peliculero

1 vote

Es difícil decir que es una mala película. Es difícil decir que es buena.

Es una fabula mágica en la que la chica no conoce el amor y el chico quizás ha conocido demasiados. Un accidente de moto los unirá y el amor hace el resto.

En cuanto vi la breve sinopsis que estaba colocada en la taquilla del cine ya sabia como terminaba la película. A que vosotros tambi�... read more

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6 years, 6 months ago at Nov 28 6:44

moulari

1 vote

Die Grundidee ist interessant, der Film ist es leider nicht. Wenn in der allzu vorhersehbaren Story die HÃ¼terin der GewÃ¼rze auf die moderne amerikanische Gesellschaft trifft wird kaum ein Klischee ausgelassen. So trifft man wÃ¤hrend des Films auf den indischen Teenager mit Anschlussschwierigkeiten, einen indischen Taxifahrer und den amerikanischen Sonnyboy in den sich unsere HÃ¼terin ver... read more

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THE MISTRESS OF SPICES is a universal immigrant story told through magical realism in the vein of LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE and CHOCOLAT...

Release date : 21 April 2006

Bollywood (4), Romance (4), 2005 (3), Mystery (3), British (3), Drama (2), (1), {romance 10} (1), 2000s (1)

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Movie Reviews (part 6) (50 movies items)

" The Ups: Aishwarya Rai get to show her green-grey eyes for the English market and Dylan McDermott tries to rough it up with a Hugh Jackman look in a romantic movie. The Downs: Replace chocolate with spices and you get an Indian version of "Chocolat" but with less punch and fun as this was one big snore for me. "

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"Character: Tilo "

doudouce55 posted a review 5 years, 6 months ago

a girl movie although...

“Tilo (A. Rai) opens a spice bazaar near San Francisco. She must follow 3 rules as a 'mistress of the spices': never use the spices for her own; never leave the spices; never touch another skin. She has a wide variety of clients who seek her help for various reasons, the most obvious being love, and she attends to them, as best she can. Unfortunately for her, one day she meets Doug (McDermott) and eventually falls in love, although she fights it. Will she leave her spices or will she find love with Doug?

This is definitely a girl movie, although guys might enjoy watching Aishwarya Rai: she is quite beautiful. She certainly can act too.

Dylan McDermott is really good-looking here, and gives a good performance.

The story is very predictable, hence my 6/10 rating.” read more

peliculero posted a review 6 years, 1 month ago

La joven de las especias: Le falta sal y

“Es difícil decir que es una mala película. Es difícil decir que es buena.

Es una fabula mágica en la que la chica no conoce el amor y el chico quizás ha conocido demasiados. Un accidente de moto los unirá y el amor hace el resto.

En cuanto vi la breve sinopsis que estaba colocada en la taquilla del cine ya sabia como terminaba la película. A que vosotros también.

A mi mujer le ha encantado. He ganado un crédito para llevarla a ver una de acción.” read more

moulari posted a review 6 years, 6 months ago

“Die Grundidee ist interessant, der Film ist es leider nicht. Wenn in der allzu vorhersehbaren Story die HÃ¼terin der GewÃ¼rze auf die moderne amerikanische Gesellschaft trifft wird kaum ein Klischee ausgelassen. So trifft man wÃ¤hrend des Films auf den indischen Teenager mit Anschlussschwierigkeiten, einen indischen Taxifahrer und den amerikanischen Sonnyboy in den sich unsere HÃ¼terin verliebt. Allesamt schÃ¶n schablonenhaft gezeichnet und dargestellt. Ex-SchÃ¶nheitskÃ¶nigin Aishwarya Rai kann als Hauptdarstellerin kaum Ã¼berzeugen und auch alle restlichen Darsteller kÃ¶nnen nicht begeistern. Fazit: Netter aber gescheiterter Versuch ein traditionelles Indisches MÃ¤rchen mit einer amerikanischen Romantic Comedy zu verbinden.” read more