Flavors

A good-natured Indian-American romantic comedy in the style of "Bend It Like Beckham."

The cast, a mix of beauty-contest winners, models, veteran actors and newcomers, is as diverse as the characters they play and work together surprisingly smoothly.

Bright, good-spirited and blissfully short.

Aims for a kind of hip cultural fusion but lacks the sharp satirical perspective to pull it off.

Unfortunately, the constant cell phone chatter and pervasive split screen do little to prop up a limp, poorly structured screenplay.

Likeable, credible actors, snappy dialogue and a determinedly upbeat tone should work well on cable and score with Indian diaspora auds. But pic lacks density and spontaneity necessary to lift it out of its carefully posed and plotted set-ups and onto a bigscreen.

None of this is remotely funny or interesting.