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It's a Wonderful Afterlife (12A)

Reviewed,Robert Hanks
Friday 23 April 2010 00:00 BST
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From the director of Bend It Like Beckham, a painfully misjudged serial-killer comedy: Indian mother can't find husband for supposedly obese daughter, starts murdering people with food.

Chadha appears to think that Indian food is intrinsically humorous; but aside from a neat set-piece – the climax of Carrie re-enacted with curry – that turns out to be grindingly inaccurate.

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