It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

I love everything about this movie. The love stories that come together by the end of the movie and the music. Wedding scene during credits is so relaxed and nice. Its one of my top favorites and would always cherish it. Dubey's love story was the most heartwarming and of course the dark history of child abuse was handled so well. The movie does not have one dull moment. Love watching it over and over again. Monsoon wedding will always be close to my heart. I recommend it to everyone who wants to watch a light, heartwarming and almost-real wedding in India. All the characters were picked so carefully and everyone did a great job. No pretension or over the top acting. Very well made and no gimmicks.

Hands down this is my favorite movie. (With My Name is Kahn in second place). My mom got this movie for me. I saw it the first time and realized that i had friends like that. The movie is definitely one every teenage kid should see. But the movie overall is great because its just about a four friends who have no experience with the "real world" before the wedding They realize that the wedding host could of been them and they respect that. In my opinion the point of the movie was not to have you think of when you were about to wed and your good friends but to think of what you have now, and what you do with it. In the end the film tells us what happens to each and how each kind of go their separate ways. (Such as the last scene of the movie). This is definitely a movie to not only rent but buy. I tip my hat to the Indian filmmakers.

So she's gone off with her lover for one last tryst, then, in a panic, drives off in his car.And nothing happens? The police don't follow her home? The lover doesn't come to get his car back? The family never finds out? Lovely film, but that one plot point made me wonder more than a little.I was also thrown a bit by the multitude of characters at the very start: so many plots, so few of them really well developed. The son (I gather by a previous marriage?) that the father always calls "idiot". The lightly discussed child abuse by the scion of the wealthy side of the family. The father's having to turn to his golfing buddies for cash to pay for this extravaganza. Couple that with the characters themselves never really all that well defined, and it's mass confusion for the first hour. Finally it all gets sorted out, and we can move on to the wedding, but it still felt to sketchy: the overly understanding groom, the final-frame "happily ever after", the wedding organizer's quickie wedding as well... it just felt thrown together.

This movie is too Indian. Anyone who has had an Indian upbringing will really adore this movie. Overall, it depicts a typical ostentatious Indian wedding with all its nuts and bolts and the fun of the entire family coming together in the occasion. There are other little little things that are so common in an Indian context, like for example, the tense father of the bride Lalit Verma (Naseeruddin Shah) and the way he rebukes Dubey (the event manager), the bonding between the cousins, the "eve-teasing" of Ria when she tries an ice cream, Lalit's affection for Ria even though she is only the daughter of his elder brother is too adorable! I think this is Mira Nair's best work thus far.The movie revolves around the wedding of the only daughter Aditi of an Indian family living in New Delhi. An Indian born US based IIT graduate engineer is chosen as the groom through the traditional Indian custom of arranged marriages. Behind this main theme, there are several subplots, such as Aditi's continuing relationship with her (married) ex-boss, the event manager (more like a wedding planner) Dubey falling in love with the house maid Alice (Tilottoma Shome), Aditi's elder sister's unpleasant experiences with her uncle during her childhood etc. The amazing about this movie though is that all these subplots somehow come to a clean conclusion at the end of the movie. I would highly recommend this movie to all my Indian buddies.