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Critics Review
4.00
English Vinglish has the feel-good factor.
Debutant Gauri Shinde, who made advertising films before she ventured into the feature area; proves she's an ace cinema writer-director.(more)
Source: Meena Iyer, Times Of India
4.00
English Vinglish is a winner all the way
It's about one of the biggest stars of her era transformed into the plainest Jane, a delightful heroine who saves all her grace for hoisting her son onto her pillow. It's about how vital the smallest-seeming dreams can prove to be. Ah, spell it English Win-glish, I say. (more)
Source: Raja Sen, Rediff.com
4.00
A must-watch for every parent, every child. Strongly recommended!
If Sridevi is the driving force on screen, it's Gauri Shinde who stands out with a near-perfect film in her very first attempt. The concept is oven fresh and the handling of a number of sensitive and dramatic moments is noteworthy. (more)
Source: Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama
3.50
The film leaves you with a big smile on your face
Gauri Shinde delivers one the year's most pleasing films, and Amit Trivedi lends some of his best compositions to the soundtrack. I'm going with three-and-a-half out of five for 'English Vinglish'(more)
Source: Rajeev Masand, CNN-IBN
3.50
Sridevi doesn't miss a beat. Her performance is a triumph.
Shinde, who has also written the film, tells Shashi's story with insight and understanding. There is no overwhelming tragedy here; to outsiders this seems like a perfectly happy home. But it's the small humiliations and casual slights that scar Shashi. (more)
Source: Anupama Chopra, Hindustan Times
4.00
English Vinglish speaks a universal language
Gauri Shinde makes an assured debut with a film that seems to have been made with more honesty than calculation, and with more heart than mind. (more)
Source: Aniruddha Guha, DNA
4.50
If you watch only two films every year make sure you see "English Vinglish" twice!
Words, this beautiful work of unassuming art tells us, are redundant. More so, when the embodiment of silent eloquence Sridevi needs to express her inner thoughts. She never allows her character to look like a victim. That is the real triumph of "English Vinglish". (more)
Source: Subhash K Jha, Yahoo! Movies