The World Unseen 2007

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Never begins to tap the talent at its disposal. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Drawing upon her own heritage as a descendant of South Africa's large Indian community, Sarif brings more than a dozen interconnected characters to life. Read more

David Chute, L.A. Weekly: Lisa Ray is a magnificent actress, but she's still waiting for her first great role. Read more

Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle: It suffers from an abundance of transparent acting, simplistic plot twists and music that essentially screams, 'These are important scenes to behold!' Read more

Kamal Al-Solaylee, Globe and Mail: It doesn't leave you cold, but it doesn't exactly make an impression, either. Read more

Susan Walker, Toronto Star: Less an account of hatred and injustice in apartheid-torn South Africa than it is a soap opera-ish romance that could easily be an episode of The L-Word. Read more

Anna King, Time Out: The women have a definite spark, but a hetero couple's interracial flirtation is swiftly dispatched, rendering them little more than clunky counterpoints to the distaff duo. Read more

Sarah Cohen, Time Out: No amount of heaving bosom or quivering bottom lip can evoke a romantic frisson if the emotion simply isn't there. Read more

Derek Elley, Variety: An extremely rare case of a pic version both written and directed by the book's original author, "The World Unseen" reps a strong argument for leaving screen adaptations to other, more capable hands. Read more