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Clubfooted but earnest, Pandya's movie never forgets about its second-gen issues, but never quite plumbs them, either.
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Most of it has to do with the ways younger Indian-Americans keep their culture alive in the United States and the ways they don't.
Mr. Pandya tells a story of conflicted assimilation that's been told before, but he and his exuberant cast invest it with fresh energy and winning humor.
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