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February 26, 2022
I'm not a big Bollywood fan, but Indian classics/arthouse films aren't that much better for me. They're shorter (for the most part), but that's about it really. Undecision is a rather murky and static adaptation of a classic Indian ghost story, but the fantastical elements are extremely underplayed, leaving a very plain narrative.
After their marriage, the husband leaves his bride behind, hoping to make good money elsewhere. It's a journey that will take him five years to complete. Meanwhile, his wife is being stalked by a tree ghost, who impersonates her husband and goes to live with her. When her husband finally returns, he has to get rid of the ghost.
The fantastical elements are very much "tell, don't show". The pacing is rather slow, there's a strong focus on the visuals, but I can't say it was pretty, and the soundtrack was pretty distracting too. The result is a pretty dreary film that didn't just about everything wrong. But at least it didn't last 3 hours.