It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010 · 100 MIN · IMDB 5.4 · 1,721 VOTES · DIR. Gurinder Chadha

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Overview

Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.

ComedyRomance2010s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,350 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:12 MAN GROANS
00:04:10 What are you doing in London?
00:07:57 You're the mother, it's your fault.
00:14:18 That's why I did it. What?
00:17:11 MUFFLED
00:20:25 It's very creepy.
00:23:21 Tej is your past.
00:26:11 What kind of dirty laundry?
00:29:20 I ran a background check on that shelter she works in.
00:33:36 LINDA: Hello? Aunty?
00:36:27 I don't think we can wait
00:40:31 Who are you people?
00:43:24 You want to come back new and improved, don't you?
00:47:14 And there isn't anything you wouldn't do for them.
00:50:15 You put yourself through this nightmare
00:54:25 MURTHY: Namaste, Aunty. MRS SETHI: Namaste.
00:58:41 DRAMATIC MUSIC ON TV
01:02:56 We know the murderer cooks, Roopi hates cooking.
01:07:29 Can you not see that? The drummers?
01:10:33 INDISTINCT RECORDING PLAYS
01:16:11 He's not good enough for my best mate Linda.
01:19:51 Because I said no.
01:25:59 Big time. SPIRITS: We don't mind.
01:30:37 # Feel the city breakin' And everybody shakin'

Cast & Characters

Sanjeev Bhaskar Curry Man (Mr. Bhatti) Steve Morphew A&E Doctor Steve Jones Earnest Reporter Jamie Sives Detective Hughes Sendhil Ramamurthy D S Raj Murthy Mark Addy D I Smythe Shabana Azmi Mrs. Sethi Goldy Notay Roopi Sethi Sacha Shilov Bike Kid Teghvir Gujral Bike Kid

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,350
Dialogue density13.5 lines / min
First line00:00:12
Final line01:30:37

Production Record

DirectorGurinder Chadha
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,721