there have so many of these grow up brown in america movie in the last decade and mostly low budget flick that do not get a whole lot of press . but premise have nearly be run into the ground and traditional parent and rebellious kid who want to fit and date like everyone else . one thing these movie have teach u for certain be this and if youre brown and grow up in america and you have a hard time assimilate into the mass culture then lighter skinned people . we have be tell this over and over and it really do get tire . for young indian americans these film may perhaps be of deep cultural significance and load with in joke that non indian may not get . for much of white america and they will strip the film down to it basic and call it a country mouse meet city mouse story and think meh and what the big deal . probably gutting the indian american who think they strike comic gold show off the cool indians vs. the over exaggerated fresh off the boat indians . to make more of the desired impact that the indian american culture so desperately seem to want to make with mainstream film goer and a more concrete and weighted story have to be deliver with far more sincere actor .