By Rediff, April 6, 2007 - 11:17 IST
1 of 2 people found this review helpful Provoked is an important story which definitely needs to be told. What is disheartening is the way it is. Sure, the treatment is realistic, production values are good, and the acting is mostly commendable -- but the screenplay (Paul Austin, Rahila Gupta) is shockingly superficial.
By WithoutGivingTheMovieAway, April 7, 2007 - 03:46 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful The only thing other than Aishwarya’s moving performance that makes it worth a watch is the subject itself. This subject needs attention and is certainly more than one woman’s story. But will it make anyone stand up for the cause?
By Now Running, April 7, 2007 - 04:07 IST
1 of 2 people found this review helpful Provoked is that kind of a film where you know the end but what still makes you sit till the end is how the film reaches to its end. A lot of detailing has been worked out to recreate the courtroom drama, as it would have been in the real case...
By Businessofcinema, April 7, 2007 - 04:10 IST
1 of 2 people found this review helpful What is impressive about this film is the place in which it is set, England. Keeping in mind the location, the director does full justice not just to the story, but also the environment. The film is unbelievably English, with visible tones of blue, grey, black and yellow. Also, the English have a sense of mellow yet emotional stories to tell; Mundhra has very well understood the environment and shot the entire film based on this sensibility.
By Express India, April 7, 2007 - 04:12 IST
1 of 2 people found this review helpful Sitting in the theatre for just 113 minutes and watching the torture unfold on the battered Punjabi housewife doesn't sound like a new concept, does it? But Provoked is out to establish no new notion...
By Santabanta, April 7, 2007 - 04:14 IST
2 of 2 people found this review helpful The battered wife Kiranjit in Jagmohan Mundhra's jolting expose on domestic values never gets a chance to walk in or out of that closed London door where she lives with her brutal husband. She chooses her husband's death over own exit...
By Bollyspice, May 9, 2007 - 10:32 IST
Overall, I personally enjoyed the movie a lot. I recommend this film to anyone. It isn't a light movie. The film puts across a strong moral that woman shouldn’t suffer in silence. The film is sure to get into your heart and mind and leave you with a thought that there are woman still suffering...
