✗ SKIP — Not worth it
City of Joy
1992 · 2h 12m · Drama
IMDb
6.5
RT
56%
City of Joy has a compelling premise about self-discovery and redemption, but the middling scores (56% RT, 6.5 IMDb) suggest the execution doesn't quite land—it probably gets bogged down in well-intentioned but heavy-handed messaging. Skip it tonight and find something with more narrative punch.
Plot
Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.
