Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

So I only just saw this film, and I found it pretty interesting. Hari interviews a lot of different people and it really looks like he has done his best to get a lot of different perspectives on the matter. It's a shame Hank Azaria wouldn't speak, but it's understandable. The documentary is well-edited and Hari can be legitimately funny at times.There are a couple flaws. Sometimes he seems to acknowledge a counterargument, but does not explicitly refute it. He mentions that Apu has also served as a way to expose white people's prejudices about Indians, but his rebuttal of this argument is a bit unsatisfactory. He talks about the lack of representation for south asians, but at the same time concedes that it has become much better now, although this is not a contradiction, it makes the argument less strong. The solution he provides at the end seems poorly formulated; he compares the Simpsons to a lovable, but racist grandfather who, at some point, should just die. This makes it seem like his solution is to kill the Simpsons as a whole, even though right before, he and the actor who played Apu's nephew came up with a different, better solution: For the Simpsons to work different, non-stereotypical Indian people into the show, and to display some self-awareness about the fact that Apu is a stereotype, or even to have Apu suddenly drop the accent and talk normally. A creative solution like this would work better than to advocate for The Simpsons to die, because that's not going to happen.Nevertheless, the documentary is well-made, funny, and provides a great insight into the personal experiences of many people of South Asian descent regarding representation, their image and how society sees them.

I understand the concept. I would be annoyed too if I was spoken to in the voice of a Simpsons character in the 90's, but that's where the problem is, in the 90's. I love the Simpsons but the show doesn't have the same cultural pull it did in the 90's. The shared experiences of those interviewed all seem to have taken place a couple decades ago when the Simpson's was in it's prime. That aside the documentary was poorly pieced together and was more about stroking to ego of Hari Kondabolu than actually attacking the problems with Apu. Bottom line find something else to watch.

I'm pretty sure that all the haters giving this less than 8 stars are white people who have have been triggered by it. White people, please sit down, be humble. Now you dear reader, if you're reaading the reviews to decide whether to watch this or not, just go ahead and watch it. Read the reviews later and you'll see that all of them have raised criticisms that have been answered in the film itself.. only the reviewers were too riled up that Hari took their favorite show to task, to notice. Well, boo hoo! Not only is Hari 100% on point, he is funny while he's at it. There are also some great interviews and Whoopi Goldberg also appears! I think I'd watch it for Whoopi alone.. but there's so much more in this!Anyway just want to clarify one thing that all the haters here keep harping about, so, spoiler alert! Everyone knows that the Simpsons makes fun of all races, but those other races are better represented in media so you don't *just* remember them as the caricature from the Simpsons. But South Asianaare poorly represented so you'll think of all SAs as "Apu" and that's the problem.Thanks for reading. Please take your time to enjoy this wholesome and funny documentary style rant :)

Finally a 'voice' of a real Indian thank you for that movie.Euro-Americans go on the barricades if their (often racist) history and actions are even brought up or if they a suppose to be held accountable for it. 'It is alright - if it doesn't disturb white' if it does however it is against freedom of expression.Hearing from a different perspective is awesome!!! Thanks