Rating: PG13
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/09/2007(USA
Release Date: 11/27/2007
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 122 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Watch With Your Teen
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
A couple coming to terms with living in a new culture discover their troubles are compounded by their son in this
drama from filmmaker
Mira Nair.
Ashoke (
Irfan Khan) and
Ashima (
Tabu) are a young couple who are brought together in an arranged marriage and soon leave Calcutta to seek their fortune in America. As the couple becomes accustomed to one another, they learn to deal with the coolness and superficiality of life in New York, even as they revel in the opportunities the city offers them. Before long,
Ashima gives birth to a baby boy, and pressed to choose a name, they dub the infant
Nikhil, though he soon picks up the nickname
Gogol, after
Ashoke's favorite author. By the time the child is old enough to attend school, he insists upon being called
Gogol at all times, and he displays little interest in his Indian heritage. Several years on,
Gogol has decided he wants to be called
Nick (and is now played by
Kal Penn) and has become a thoroughly Americanized teenager, openly rebelling against his parents, smoking marijuana in his room, and dating
Maxine (
Jacinda Barrett), a preppy blonde from a wealthy family.
Ashoke and
Ashima are uncertain about how to deal with their son's attempts to cut himself off from their culture, but
Nick begins expressing some uncertainty himself when he meets
Moushumi (
Zuleikha Robinson), a beautiful girl who also comes from a family of Indian expatriates.
The Namesake was adapted from the bestselling novel by
Jhumpa Lahiri.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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