Human Events, June 3rd, 2002
THE MYSTIC MASSEUR Quality: * * Acceptability: -1 RATING: PG STARRING: Aasif Mandvi, Om Puri, Ayesha Dharker, Jimi Mistry, and James Fox DIRECTOR: Ismail Merchant BASED ON THE NOVEL BY. V. S. Naipaul DISTRIBUTOR: THINKFilm GENRE: Comedy INTENDED AUDIENCE: Teenagers and adults In The Mystic Masseur, based on a novel by V. S. Naipaul, a naive Hindu teacher named Ganesh returns to his rural home on the Caribbean island of Trinidad when his father dies. Ganesh wants to write books. He writes a book answering questions about the Hindu religion then becomes a mystic handing out sage advice t...
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