Total Siyapaa (2014)
Viewing Platform: Netflix
She's
Indian. He's Pakistani. However, those differences are the least of
this young couple's problems, as Asha brings Aman home to meet her
parents for the first time. What happens when mishap after mishap
threatens to destroy their burgeoning relationship?
*This
flick has a “Meet the Parents” vibe, with every awkward situation
imaginable for the characters to go through, but it isn't funny at
all. They're all pretty bad people, too, so I didn't feel remotely
sorry for them. An alcoholic, flirtatious sister that is hiding at
her mom's house because she racked up charges on her husband's credit
card bills (and laughs about it); a potentially cheating father and
husband (that the movie never clarifies whether or not he's cheating
because that's “what all men do”); a daughter who refuses to seek
immediate medical attention for the man her fiance bludgeoned with
frozen soup, just so he won't go to jail (even though it was an
accident); and a grandmother who makes an obnoxious 5 year old girl
cry with some harsh chastisement. Poorly written plot, badly written
characters, lame music – I won't watch this again, and I recommend
skipping it.*
