The Lunchbox

— “The Lunchbox” is a pretty film with a slight storyline spread over 105 minutes. It’s a glimpse into the lives of a tired and soon-to-be-retired, widowed and friendless accountant, and a yearning and neglected wife and mother. Both characters are vaguely interesting and have emotions with which most viewers could identify, but it is writer/director Ritesh Batra’s attention to the life and customs in Mumbai that make the film—the traffic, the street scenes, the workplace, the families and extended families, and especially the food, carefully prepared by housewives and systematically delivered each day to their office-working husbands.  This isn’t a great film, but it is a sweet one that was lovingly crafted. 

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[2013. 104 min. Directed by Ritesh Batra. Starring Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, & Nawazuddin Siddiqui.]
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