Very well executed

Best movie of this year hands down!

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

"Nina's Heavenly Delights" is actually more interesting for the milieu in which it's set - a community of Indian ex-pats living and thriving in Scotland - than for the story it has to tell.Nina (Shelley Conn) moved to London a few years back to escape an arranged marriage to a man she knew she could never learn to love. When her father dies unexpectedly, Nina returns to Glascow to help run the Indian restaurant he's owned and operated for decades. Her partner in the endeavor is Lisa (Laura Fraser), a close friend of the family whom Nina finds herself falling in love with, a fact that may not sit too well with her traditionalist family."Nina's Heavenly Delights" is definitely a mixed-bag when it comes to virtues and flaws. It's at its best in its quieter, more serious moments, as Nina engages in thoughtful discussions with her family members and her new-found love interest. But when it aims for a more lighthearted tone, the movie tends towards the coy and the cloying. The coming-out aspects of the tale are handled with delicacy and restraint, though the determinedly upbeat ending is a trifle on the implausible and unconvincing side, to put it mildly. The movie also suffers from a surfeit of soulful montage sequences and irrelevant musical interludes, a holdover from its Bollywood roots, no doubt (the movie may be British in origin but its Indian influence is undeniable). Moreover, the blending of gourmet cooking with magical realism feels too reminiscent of "Like Water for Chocolate" for total comfort.However, the performances are so authentic and the whole enterprise so well-meaning and upbeat that it's hard not to have positive feelings about the movie in the long run.

I saw this movie at The Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, though this funny, witty and entertaining movie about love and passions set against a cross-cultural, Glaswegian background could be featured at any film festival. I laughed at the witty, self-humorous dialogue, jiggled in my seat alongside the Bollywood songs, and drooled at the sight of all that delicious food. This is a rare gem which entertains the majority and identifies with the minority. You'll end up rushing to your nearest Curry House and checking out the chef! Here's one funny girl loves girl story which doesn't end in tears for a change. It can and does happen! Thank you Pratibha! Hope we don't have to wait another 7 years for the next one.

Loved it! I hope the upbeat feel of the film will attract audiences away from so much of the downer energy out there. People can get so jaded and cynical about feel-good fairy-tale romances. The story-line was fantastically unraveled and handled. This was a refreshing change.Its a film that represents many people's lives (family, culture, sex and religion). So many films that deal with gay culture build on a huge foundation of shame. This kind of film helps ethnic minorities feel more comfortable about their sexuality. Its pioneering films like this that turn the concept of shame-about-sexuality, upside down. Easily on par with Bend It Like Beckham, yet so different from other East/West films. Cooking and food theme was wonderful - very cleverly done. It did capture the Bollywood escapism and the feel good factor. And the acting was superb! Really enjoyed Suman. And our family belted out singing along to the soundtrack which we are looking forward to buying.

I wanted to like this film, really I did. It sounded like Gurinder Chadha's Bend it Like Beckham could have been if the girls got together! A film focussing on British Asians (in this case Scottish), complicated family relations, cooking, throw in a bit of Bollywood and simmer.Sadly this film lacks the energy and verve of Bend it Like Beckham. Indeed, the script is flabby, the acting stilted, and when even I, a casual movie goer, can spot the need for crisper direction and editing so you aren't watching someone sit still for 15 seconds, well, as I said, a poorly made film. The acting is universally unremarkable, and while the actors are Scottish I think, there are some very odd sounding accents. Are they trying to sound more Scottish or less? Whatever they do, it sounds weird. No idea what accent Art Malik is doing either. I thought that was Kulvinder Ghir from TVs Goodness Gracious Me doing a horrible Scottish accent as the host of the cooking show but he's not listed in IMDb. Was the kid who played the younger sister related to one of the producers? She couldn't act and was supposed to be an award winning Scottish dancer, but looked like she was about to fall over when tentatively hopping about in a kilt.. To sum up, nice set up and premise, attractive star, tasty looking food but limp, predictable script, flat acting and flaccid direction. A wasted opportunity.