It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010
12A
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

A comedy centered on an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder.

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A comedy centered on an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder.A comedy centered on an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder.A comedy centered on an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder.

Director
- Gurinder Chadha
Writers
- Gurinder Chadha
- Paul Mayeda Berges
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Gurinder Chadha
Writers
- Gurinder Chadha
- Paul Mayeda Berges
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

Videos2

Trailer 2:14

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

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It's a Wonderful Afterlife

Trailer 0:52

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

Photos18

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Storyline

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Trivia
There's an actor called Jack Gordon in both It's a Wonderful Life and It's a Wonderful Afterlife.

Goofs
Roopi's DNA is checked for a match against a hair left by the killer, but comes back negative. However, the hair belongs to her mother and any follicle would share mitochondrial DNA, which would definitely be picked up during the test.

Quotes
D I Smythe: I can't let him marry a murderer
Mrs. Sethi: She's not a murderer

Crazy credits
Out takes and behind the scenes are shown over the credits

Connections
Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #12.38 (2010)

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Really funny!!!

One of the funniest movies in a while! The director gets the whole Indians abroad thing to absolute perfection. One felt like one had met everyone on screen before! All the actors except Shabhana Azmi were really good. OK...the actor who plays her daughter wasn't brilliant either but at least she wasn't full of herself. The plot itself was rather cute and the editing is very well done. Only issue with it is that the target audience is rather limited. You need to either be an Indian living abroad or know enough Indians living abroad to get most of the jokes. The whole thing is not to be taken seriously for even a moment of course!

This one gives Bend it like Beckham a serious run for its money.