Movie-Partition

I was really looking forward to seeing Partition (2007), a movie about the independence of India from British rule, but also about the partition that created two nations, Pakistan and India, from what had previously been one.

This was a time of great violence and immigration, as Muslims in India fled to Pakistan and Sihks and Hindus fled in the opposite direction, all the while both sides being brutally murdered by the other.

It is a facinating time period, and I have always thought someone should make a good movie about it...unfortunately, Partition is not it. It takes a terrible time perios and makes a romance out of it. A Sihk man takes in a young Muslim woman whose carvan has been slaughtered by his own villagers. He hides her and then bargains for her life. But the premise is so unbeliveable and far-fetched that it becomes annoying. Part of it is the acting. The Muslim girl is played by Kristin Kreuk (I think from the show, Smallville) whose accent is terrible. Another character, in a strange plot device, is played by Neve Campbell. While I like Campbell, I hope to never EVER see her try to sustain a British accent again.

Hoplessly miscast acotors, and a plot so cliched, we were able to predict the ending almost to a tee. The plot was ludicrous and inconsistent, as the Muslim woman becomes friends with the Sihks that she thinks killed her family, and these Sihks that call the Muslims animals, accept her into their village. It was all like a bad Hallmark?Lifetime presentation.

Someday, someone will make a good movie about the Partition, and the bad taste of this film will be wiped from my palate.