The Mystic Masseur
A
curiosity that ends up being less than curious.
VS Naipaul’s first novel set in Trinidad and brought to the screen by
Ismail Merchant of the Merchant and Ivory team.
As a work designed to depict a certain period in Trinidad’s history
(1940’s and 50’s) it is sound enough, the great problem being that the story of
this Indian upstart becoming a masseur, magic man and politician is not that
fascinating and despite the efforts of actors and screenwriter Caryl Phillips,
the film has a plodding predictable nature that kills our interest. 
Only the lush countryside and the fact that
this is a ‘new’ subject for a film kept me going to the end.
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