I had to study the Reluctant Fundamentalist for my year 12 English class two years ago and was captivated by the vision the novel had, so many flaws one country has under the banner of what is labeled 'freedom', 'patriosim' and 'fairness' and the novel exposed the underlying idea of what the world truly is or what it could be and what it was, all wrapped in a cat and mouse game between two people we really do not know about. Sadly, the transition between the book to the film was poorly executed and underhanded. The racial views and the full scope of the reality that is our history is made redundant or not capitalized on.
What was disappointing was the game of cat and mouse, the mystery between the unknown American and Changez was changed to appeal to more action hungry viewers, like a weak Bourne Identity film which was just very sad as Ahmed and Schreiber would have really made a tense conversation that can border on threatening if handled in the right hands. In the movie, we have a typical, hostage like scenario where a slight mystery to each factions purposes.
I was quite disappointed but I got through to the end. I award TRF a 5/10
What was disappointing was the game of cat and mouse, the mystery between the unknown American and Changez was changed to appeal to more action hungry viewers, like a weak Bourne Identity film which was just very sad as Ahmed and Schreiber would have really made a tense conversation that can border on threatening if handled in the right hands. In the movie, we have a typical, hostage like scenario where a slight mystery to each factions purposes.
I was quite disappointed but I got through to the end. I award TRF a 5/10