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Trade Offs (2003)
a four star recommendation
I never expected such quality from a group of first-time filmmakers and many first-time actors. Trade-offs is as much a story about the dreams we all have-love, money, happiness as it is a story about a young couple from India. Don't expect production quality to rival any of Mira Nair's works- this movie was made on a small budget and therefore shows its limitations. But content is what keeps the audience attentive. If you've been exposed to other Indian-American movies of late, you'll notice something different in Trade-Offs. After seeing this movie at a screening, I wanted to tell as many people as I could about it. It's like being one of the first to discover a new band or a new restaurant with four-star potential. You want to tell people about it, taking pride in knowing that you recommended to them.