Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

I enjoyed this movie overall... It was gratifying to see the main character gain confidence in herself. What I didn't enjoy was that her husband never seemed to treat her with respect -- the initial description of the movie says something like, she endures "small slights" from her husband.... to me they didn't seem small, especially since they were relentless. A stranger on a plane (Amitabh Bachchan) treated her 100% better than her husband. Then a man in a class she took also was very respectful of her...maybe the husband was considerate of her when they were courting, or you'd have to wonder why she ever married him!? unless it was an arranged marriage. It was a movie with a strong positive focus on the female lead character, but for me it would've been a lot stronger if she either left or even considered leaving the husband. (but then it wouldn't maybe be true to the Indian custom of her generation).

English Vinglish revolves around a typical Indian housewife who is an entrepreneur and loves to make 'Ladoo', Indian snack. She do every work of the house, take care of her mother-in-law, husband, children but only one thing she cant do is she cant speak English. His husband and her daughter makes fun of her poor English and her daughter feels embarrassment of this and feel shame that her mother cant speak English. This hurts the Lady very much and when she gets the chance of learning English, and when she give a speech in wedding ceremony, she just blows everyone's mind who used to make fun of her English. this movie inspires and give lesson to all those people who feel ashamed of their parent's weakness and laugh at them. A family will never laugh at ur weaknesses rather they are the only one who stands with u in every difficulties.

Movie: English VinglishThe movie is about a woman not well versed in English but is an excellent cook and has her own business of sweets. The movie flawlessly portrays her struggle to learn English in order to gain respect among her family members.The best part of the movie is it's simplicity and that it never became over dramatic. The movie does not have surprises or a climax planned for you but still it is pleasing in it's own sweet way. The movie depicts deep emotions such as absence of family support in such a simplistic manner that you start feeling bad for the protagonist but she turns out to be strong teaching us how we have to stand for ourselves. Every tear of the protagonist has been converted to a chuckle to balance the sentiments of the movie but also how well does it portray the real life situations where women just smile to mask their emotions. The movie is a train of sequences depicting such tiny observations from our day to day life in a humorous manner. The movie is a must watch.

Sridevi has made a return to film in this meaty role in which she plays Shashi, a traditional lady in India who speaks mostly Hindi while her husband and children are very versed in English. They even put her down about it. She is asked to go to America to help her sister plan her daughter's wedding, and she has to go alone. She is a veritable fish out of water, not being able to communicate properly in English, even causing trouble at a coffee shop (that scene tries to reinforce the notion that Americans are rude. That notion is dispelled soon enough, however). Frustrated, she enrolls in a four week English learning course, to fit in better. Brave to Sridevi, who is great in this role. Like Sadha, in which she plays an amnesiac who becomes childlike, she becomes the character so convincingly it is almost like she isn't even acting. Still such a pretty lady with big beautiful brown eyes, she just radiates. I highly recommend this film, especially to anyone who has known the immigrant experience. Even if you haven't, this light comedy is very much worth watching.