It ends up being largely just another story about a rebellious American teenager.
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Village VoiceNick Schager
Village VoiceNick Schager
Little girls never stop loving their daddies in Festival of Lights, a drama that never stops loving soap-opera-style melodramatics.
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The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
A novel cultural focus, highlighting Guyanese citizens of Indian ancestry, isn't enough to sustain interest in the lifeless film, which will attract few outside the Indo-Guyanese community.
Complex story twists unfold to confusing effect, while characters angrily toss cliches at one another and revelations multiply rather than resolve murky plot developments.