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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60EmpireDamon WiseEmpireDamon WiseWith jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA feel-good flick about a serial killer who just wants what's best for her daughter. Broad and not too spicy, the London-set Indian rom-com is a crowd-pleaser.
- May be a busy trifle, but it has its good-natured charms and agreeable gross-outs.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorBoxoffice MagazineWade MajorA kind of Ealing Comedy throwback that is arguably her best film since Beckham.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasWhile her latest, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, is affectionate and energetic, its comic premise seems too silly, and at times, too tedious, to hope for much cross-cultural appeal, despite a fine, committed cast.
- 30VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangIt's a Wonderful Afterlife is a movie to make Frank Capra roll over in his grave from indigestion.
- 30L.A. WeeklyNick PinkertonL.A. WeeklyNick PinkertonEvery gag is smothered by the prevailing tone of labored zaniness and generic, plucky "mischief music" alerting discerning viewers to abandon all hope of laughter.