Praying with Anger (1992)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writer:

M. Night Shyamalan (written by)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An alienated, Americanized teenager of East Indian heritage is sent back to India where he discovers not only his roots but a lot about himself. |

Plot Keywords:

India | Teenager | Independent Film

Cast

M. Night Shyamalan	...	Dev Raman
Mike Muthu	...	Sanjay
Richa Ahuja	...	Rupal Mohan
Sushma Ahuja	...	Mrs. Mohan

Runtime:

Canada:107 min | USA:101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Company:

Crescent Moon

Movie Connections:

Featured in Between Two Worlds (2002) (V)

Night Surprises

Perhaps due to the young filmmaker's fresh interaction with NYU's film school curriculum and energetic appraisal of the great films that comprised his studies, "Praying With Anger" is, in many ways, M. Night Shyamalan's greatest film. Though certainly it's not the best demonstration of his technical brilliance ("Unbreakable" does that), it establishes him as a gifted storyteller and one who wants desperately to tell dramatic stories (not cheap thrills as some would venomously claim). "Praying" can best be described, in narrative terms, as an existentialist story, but without the jaded sensibilities of post-modernism. It's a real shame this film is unattainable. I'm very disappointed in Shyamalan for not making it accessible for those of us who admire his work. Hopefully, he'll make it available to us sometime in the near future so you won't have to take anyone's word for it.