Let's be realistic.

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

No, this movie is not boring - it is riveting. I could not drag my eyes from the screen. I find India fascinating, and perhaps that is the key. This movie captures the magic of India, and that's enough for me. The feeling is of floating effortlessly through the crowds and temples and festivals, then standing close to a loving guru as her adoring fans embrace her, one by one. It is magical and touching and an unforgettable view of India. India is a tough place to visit, and most travel shows leave out the best parts. This movie captures the best of India, and leaves the plots and dramas, facts and figures for another day.

I suppose for devotees this is an orgy of staring at a beloved spiritual guide. However, for those of us who are not, there is precious little to maintain interest. I had hoped, at least, for a glimpse of another culture but what I got a very long snapshot of a cult. Thin soup and little depth. I suppose the music may be least offensive to the non-follower, but even that becomes so repetitive that in the end it is useless.Perhaps I am taking the wrong view of this. During my university experience in the 70s conceptual art took the stage. I remember seeing a film of a person crushing a cockroach to a brown smear on their naked abdomen. This received high praise for its lack of directedness or something. So this film may rank highly as a tribute to those old art pieces from thirty years ago.

This is a documentary about a spiritual woman in India, who could be described as a Hindu version of Mother Theresa. She is a practitioner of the path of service, which sees all people and beings as expressions of God.I'll say here again what I've said about all the spiritual documentaries I have seen about Eastern religions and saints: You have to know what you're watching. Communicating the spiritual life on film is a real challenge, and probably cannot be done. But if you know what you're seeing, such documentaries are real gold. They're not going to convince you one way or the other, but they will show you real spirituality in action, at least what the camera can record.I was disappointed that the film did not present a more rounded picture of this woman and her work, but that was a judgment call on the part of the director/writer. Perhaps he thought we would be overwhelmed by the goody goody quality of a woman who spends 24/7 hugging, feeding and caring for complete strangers.At the very least, this film illustrates the vast potential we have as humans, a perspective that is grossly lacking in the American/Western world view.

The only thing touching and deeply moving about the film is Ama. For the rest it lacks in vision, poorly executed filming. At time it drags and often we wonder why did french director leave his extremely violent and meaningless fiction films and headed for India. Its not even soul-searching story. What is he trying to say? Why promote someone who does not believe in promotion. Approach to the character and its surrounding is bit artificial. The film does not have any real point of view. Its real pity because faith could have been a wonderful subject to explore. Maybe Pan Nalin or Kim Ki Duk would have done the justice to the subject. Why create a middleman and non-human element like film to know Ama, when she herself believes in human contact. I would advise to save your 8 Euros...