Kumare
2011 · Movie · NR · 86 min · ★ 6.8 · 60% critics
This documentary follows a filmmaker who poses as a spiritual teacher and gathers devoted followers in Arizona. As the movement grows, the experiment raises uncomfortable questions about belief, belonging, and where real change comes from when people look for guidance outside themselves.
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Details
- Original title
- Kumaré
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2012-06-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 60/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (85 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like documentaries that challenge faith, community, and self-help culture while mixing humor with discomfort, in the vein of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman; Not for you if deception-based premises frustrate you.
Pros: thought-provoking social experiment; emotional and heartwarming moments; sparks self-reflection | Cons: ethical discomfort; some find it mean-spirited; uneven or staged feel
Themes
- yoga
- guru
- new age
- self help guru
- quackery
- duringcreditsstinger
Cast & crew
Vikram Gandhi
as Himself / Sri Kumaré
Purva Bedi
as Tour Manager
- KC
Kristen Calgaro
as Yoga Teacher
Directed by Vikram Gandhi