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  Review by Rida ★★★★ 21

  There is a scene in The Lunchbox in which the protagonist peers at a display of apparently identical paintings only to realize that each painting is minutely different: the building and road is the same, but the people are always different. He even recognizes himself in one of the paintings, or thinks he does, and purchases it and hugs it to his chest during the commute home.

  The Lunchbox is like one of those paintings. Mumbai is always the same: flawed, crowded, and beautiful; but the people are different, and nearly every Indian watching The Lunchbox will recognize themselves in a scene, a line of dialogue, or a character. The Lunchbox is about middle-class India, the largest class in India,…

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  Review by sofyan ★★★★½ 2

  The wrong train can take you to the right station.

  - Love it.
  - Love it.
  - And really love it.

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  Review by Brighid ★★★★★ 4

  sometimes your heart aches so softly you stop noticing it after a while

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  Review by Caty Alexandre ★★★★ 7

  This film was very different from what I was expecting, first of all because it's an Indian film and you know what to expect from an Indian film. Always full of bright colors, happy dance sequences (or even sad dance sequences) and of course, lot of singing. The Lunchbox is nothing like that.

  The Lunchbox is a romantic drama about two strangers that start writing to each other because of a mistake in the delivery service of lunchbox's in Mumbai (I didn't knew about the Dabbawalas and it's an absolutely amazing system!). A young house wife is connected with an older and solitary widower, the man that receives her husband's lunchbox, and through those letters they developed a very strong…

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  Review by ANGELIKA ★★★★½ 16

  how can such a heartwarming film bring so much heartache at its ending?

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  Review by Vonny Simarmata ★★★★½ 1

  In my head Saajan and Ila are happily together.

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  Review by Sin ✊🏿 ★★★★½ 22

  All the riches in the world can't fix that unconquerable vacancy deep within your being when you're starved for human connection. People crave to be seen, heard, understood, and cherished.

  The Lunchbox is a bittersweet story of yearning and regret, of nostalgic memories and romanticized futures, of tenderness, and of a mutual kindling of self-discovery and liberation.

  Lonely housewife Ila (Nimrat Kaur) is as disconnected from her neglectful, ain't-shit-husband as aloof Saajan (Irrfan Khan) is from his dead wife. Their paths serendipitously cross when Saajan's lunch orders become mixed up with Ila's husbands. Gradually, despite having never met, the two form a meaningful connection through notes exchanged during the daily mistaken lunch deliveries.

  I've seen my share of "deceptively simple…

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  Review by Sahil Memon ★★★★★ 14

  mummy kaha karti hai, "ki dil ka raasta pet se hokar hee jaata hai"

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  Review by bell 🍂 ★★★★

  Effortlessly makes you smile and slowly makes your heart ache. Such a lovely warm hug The Lunchbox is.

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  Review by cleansing my soul of addiction🦋 ★★★★★

  I don't know when I became an old man
  
  only after you spend a lifetime trying numb the pain can you realize the quiet hurts more than anything you've experienced before

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  Review by Michael James ★★★★

  A subdued yet fascinatingly delicious tale of food and romance, that’s beautifully rooted, brilliantly directed and heartwarmingly performed. Highly Recommended.

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  Review by Mad ★★★★½

  "Sometimes the wrong train can take you to the right station."

  This was so so goddamn touching and sweet I couldn't help but love it. Kind of the perfect representation of the type of movies I wanna make when I grow up: bittersweet, melancholic, realistic, humane, touching, beautifully acted and moving. Not the most dazzling technical achievement, but certainly heartwarming and reassuring.

  Also, this would make a perfect double bill with In The Mood for Love.

  Rest easy, Irrfan ❤️