Miss Lovely

The film is mesmerising for the first hour or so.

Elliptical, authentic, and with a strong palate of visual flair, Miss Lovely can be a confusing concoction at times, but it is never boring.

An atmospheric tragedy set in the sordid world of Bombay's exploitation-film industry during the late 1980s.

Though not pretentious, [the] film feels a tad overthought, held back somehow by a stubborn, dour obscurity clouding its freshly realized, lurid milieu.

For the price of a cheap pleasure like a movie, Miss Lovely is worth every penny.

"Miss Lovely" does exude an air of authenticity... But much of the film remains underdeveloped.

An indictment of exploitation while at the same time reveling in it, ... a paean to analog movie-making in a time when the world is going digital.

An idiosyncratically self-reflexive piece of cinematic art.

The "Miss Lovely" script's a set of pulpy contrivances padded out for thematic oomph, but director Ashim Ahluwalia has serious visual flair, and that keeps you watching.