What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022)

What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022). What's Love Got to Do with It?: Directed by Shekhar Kapur. With Mim Shaikh, Iman Boujelouah, Lily James, Emma Thompson. In London, an award-winning film-maker documents her best friend's journey into an assisted marriage in line with his family's Pakistani heritage. In the process, she challenges her own attitude towards relationships.

“As a bi-cultural, bi-racial person growing up in the West with an immigrant parent, I thought this film very intelligently touched on the complicated aspects of multiculturalism that are usually avoided or painted with gruesome caricatures.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe actors had genuine charisma and chemistry on the screen, it made me laugh, it made me cry and the film didnu0026#39;t shy away from all kinds of topics that are normally best avoided – how to integrate into Western society, racism/cultural stereotypes around Muslims living in the West, dynamics for a family that spans multiple countries over the generations, feminism, being single in the age of online dating, how to seek independence from your parents and also guidance from them, people from a more conservative background seeking independence from it, culture clashes between parents and children about what is considered u0026quot;normalu0026quot; in an immigrated family, childhood friendships that skew apart later because of differing belief systems, etc. Etc.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMost of all the film was joyful and felt good, entertaining to watch and I was genuinely invested in the characters. Intelligently written and really well acted…”