Monsoon Wedding revolves around the few days leading up to a wedding in India and all of the drama surrounding it. The bride is not quite over her ex-boyfriend, the event planner and the housekeeper fall in love, the mother and father of the bride have rising levels of stress, and much more. The movie has so many different story lines that it is impossible to be bored while watching it. It emphasizes family loyalty and Indian traditions mixed with some modern issues like the fact that it is an arranged marriage, but the bride is still sneaking around with her married ex-boyfriend.The movie makes you wonder if all the misunderstandings and wrongdoing will ruin everything, but in the end love and family values prevail. The film is very musical with singing thrown in very naturally throughout it. Subtitles can sometimes be distracting and for me the mark of a good subtitled film is when I forget that I am even reading them, and Monsoon Wedding made me do just that. I do not know too much about Indian culture, but that did not at all hinder my movie watching experience because Monsoon Wedding gave me all of the information I needed to understand what was taking place. The film kept me interested, was understandable cross-culturally, and I enjoyed it.
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