There are two things to such a movie. First is weather you agree with the history as depicted in the movie and the second is quality of the movie in artistic sense. In this regards I think it depicts the history with a pretty neutral point of view, many Indians and indeed many westerners have presented history in such a manner that even a neutral account seems to take a lot of gloss away from Congress leaders like Nehru and hence such remarks appear anti Nehru and anti Mountbatten.
As far as the artistic value of the movie, although its a nice effort, I believe its not perfect although for Christopher Lee it was a job well done. For one thing, a person not knowing much about Indo-Pak independence would be left with many questions. I only hope that this film is re-done sometime in the future when Hollywood is a bit more favorable towards Muslim leaders and makes decent budget movies on leaders and issues relating to South Asia (not just Gandhi) and Middle East.
As far as the artistic value of the movie, although its a nice effort, I believe its not perfect although for Christopher Lee it was a job well done. For one thing, a person not knowing much about Indo-Pak independence would be left with many questions. I only hope that this film is re-done sometime in the future when Hollywood is a bit more favorable towards Muslim leaders and makes decent budget movies on leaders and issues relating to South Asia (not just Gandhi) and Middle East.