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Amos Lassen wrote on 04/03/2011:

Alim, an Ismaili Canadian living in London, chose to live far from his parents because he has a boyfriend. Things go awry for him when his mother shows up and attempts to find a proper Muslim girlfriend for him and to convince him to come back to Canada for his cousin’s wedding.
The plot is not original by any means—we have seen the same idea done in many different ways and “Touch of Pink” is a charming homage to the romantic comedies of the 50’s and 60’s.
The characters are amazing and wonderfully constructed. The dialog is very clever and there are lots of laughs. It is filled with subtle charm and great sentiment.
Alim (Jimi Mistry) is a still photographer in London who lives with his lover, Giles (Kristen Holden-Reid). He loves vintage movies and has created an imaginary friend for himself, Cary Grant (Kyle MacLachlan) who is always there for him with all kinds of advice. Nuru, Alim’s mother lives in Toronto in the shadow of her social climbing sister, Dolly. Nuru, jealous that Dolly’s son is about to have a big and extravagant wedding, gets on a plane to visit her son who she foes not know is gay. When she arrives she is insensitive to her son’s life and remains clueless about the way he lives. She is quite upset when she learns that Alim and Giles are lovers and she flees back to Canada, leaving her son miserable. Only Cary Grant can provide comfort to Alim and soon the relationship between Giles and Alim begins to hit bottom. Alim decides to go to Toronto for the wedding and shortly afterwards Giles shows up as well. Hilarious comedy follows and we get a watch a movie that is just a lot of fun. Maclachlan as Grant is terrific and the movie which deals with the deep issue of being gay in a Muslim family is pure entertainment.
Suleka Matthews as Alim’s mother, however, owns the film. Her acting literally dominates when she is on screen.

JANORM wrote on 01/08/2010:

This is one of those films, that when you see the trailers, you wonder if it is really worth watching. You have to see this film on its own terms in order to enjoy it. If you have never had any liasions or rendervous with men who grew up in a Moslem culture, then this film would seem silly. The alter-ego played by Kyle MacLachlan was a fantastic addtion to the story line. The events that take place really do mirror the Southwestern Asian Cultures. This is a classic comedy with very real overtones and should be added to your collection. THE MIXTURE OF LOVE AND CULTURE CAN PRODUCE SOME VERY SURPRISING RESULTS. NJMJr!

Toby Ross wrote on 03/26/2007:

The mother (Suleka Mathew) stole this movie. she breathed much needed life into it. I loved her performance...I did not care for the Cary Grant "thing" I just did not think it worked, labored and affected it looked like it was an after thought to hold the lot together (a "connecting sequence") Otherwise I enjoyed it. Kristen Holden Reid was very good indeed.Fun movie.

just a reviewer wrote on 02/15/2006:

(((1)))Well, folks, here we have a 2004 'Bollywood' rip of.........er, ahem.........I mean, take off on Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet" (1993). And speaking of take offs, the one around which this film centers, involving a very suave and debonair one-time romantic idol, is run into the ground after awhile. Enough can be enough, Cary........er, ahem........I mean, 'Kyle-y'.(((2))) If Mistry is ever to become a romantic lead but winds up kissing his female leads no better than he does his male lead here, then he'd better head back to the old 'College of Osculation'-------loosen up, Jimi (a kiss is just a kiss, a mouth is just a mouth........the fundamental things apply.....).(((3))) While there are a few cute things in this "rom-com," male lead, Mistry, is just a little too unconvincing. Fortunately, this is not true of Kristen Holden-Reid, who does a terrific job playing boyfriend, Giles. If Supporting Actor nominations were given for films like this, which of course they're not, his name should be one of the first up there.(((4))) PS: While Suleka (Sue) Matthew, as Mama Nuru, is a physically lovely woman, her character certainly can be a little taxing at times. Overall, though, she's quite fun.

MarcusLee (marcusleemays@sbcglobal.net) wrote on 04/10/2005:

I am glad that Ian Iqbal Rashid went and dealt with love and ethnic culture because it plays an important part of one's self. Alim played by Jimi Mistry, is hilarious in this movie. I love the interaction with Kyle MacClachlan's charactor- the Cary Grant. And seeing the charactor of Kristen Holden-Reid having to play it straight when Alim's mother comes to town is heart warming. There were and are plenty of good, tearful and laughable scenes in this movie that I enjoyed immensely.