The Immigrant Experience

Just watched Mira Nair's The Namesake. This piece is quite different from her previous work - Salaam Bombay and Monsoon Wedding. The Namesake follows an indian immigrant family as they adapt to America. The story is simple (as most lives are), but still touching nonetheless. A little slow in the beginning, the movie becomes coherent towards the end - and so does Kal Penn's performance. Not a seismic event by any means, but still worth watching.