Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Highly Overrated But Still Good

As Good As It Gets

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

"The reluctant fundamentalist" is an excellent movie which offers everything. It is gripping from very start ... "Riz Ahmad" is an exceptionally good actor. I wonder why people don't know about him. With his charismatic and diverse personality he has given true color to his character/role.Liev Schreiber was equally good in a supporting role. All credit goes to 'Mira Nair' for directing this to perfection. Hats off to her work of art...This movie gives a very strong message in a very interesting way... Its a must watch... it shows the other side of picture ...

Riz Ahmed has the most difficult role in this movie and he shoulders it more than bravely. His performance alone is worth for you to watch this very difficult movie. Obviously because of the topic, this won't be just a fun little movie to watch. Unlike his starring role in Four Lions, this is a serious attempt in showing and getting into the mind of someone affected by what happened after 9/11.Nair is a seasoned director and she knows the traps one can encounter when making a movie that stays ambiguous until the end. There is only two options, so saying you knew it all along makes no sense and is not what you should be focusing with this movie. Empathy but also understanding is something this movie tries to spread. If it wholly succeeds is up to the viewer, who has to stomach some cringe worthy decisions made by the characters in the movie. But that is life for you sometimes ... sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet

A good depiction and upholding of the opposition to two very extremes: religion and capitalism, which use people for own benefits. The only disappointment is the ignorance of "fundamentals" of Lahore, which was strongly felt through out the film whenever it took us there. The so-called "Lahore University" and the surroundings nowhere matched the reality. The dialogue delivery in Urdu was also sub-standard. I wish they could hire a proper consultant to give them a realistic touch of the place, for which the film was all about. Besides a few technical blunders; the film, crew, acting and music overall is indeed worthy of appreciation.

Mira Nair is a fine film-maker, with a lavish eye for detail, so evident in the opening scenes of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, but what was she thinking in butchering an intriguing, thought-provoking book by adding a sexed-up terrorist sub-plot that undermines the power and themes of the story.This action movie subplot – about a kidnapped American professor and attempts by the CIA to find him – is Katherine Bigelow at her worst, and Hollywood at its most mediocre. Completely non-existent in the novel, it takes up half the movie, and ends with an implausible shoot-out, and some tedious speechifying beloved of bad American movies.Nair should have stuck to the main story of how the war on terror soured the Pakistani middle class's love affair with America, as seen through the eyes of one man. Critical of America's response to 9/11, which alienated moderate Muslims, the movie is at its best when it explores the protagonist's struggle to succeed at Princeton and on Wall Street, and his subsequent disillusionment in the face of post-9/11 hostility. Riz Ahmed puts in a fine performance, as do most of the actors, with the exception of a miscast Kate Hudson as the somewhat-too-old girlfriend struggling to commit after the death of her high-school sweetheart.The Pakistan scenes (shot in India) are wonderfully evocative, as is the use of Qawwali music on the stunning soundtrack, but a silly action story detracts from the main plot and characterizations, which required much more exploration and depth for this movie to really succeed.