Sen calls Sridevi's performance the best of her career and praises Shinde's deft, melodrama-free direction, dismissing the basic, surprise-free… Read it there →
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 5 readings; 4 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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English Vinglish: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
Where can I watch English Vinglish?
English Vinglish is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada), Eros Now (India, the US and the UK), Brew (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and ZEE5 (India). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (India, the US, the UK and Canada), Amazon Video (the US and the UK) and Google Play Movies (the US). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about English Vinglish?
English Vinglish has a Filmi Score of 86 (Exceptional), the mean of 5 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 78 (Hindustan Times) to 95 (Firstpost). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
The Audience Score appears once three readers’ reviews have been read under the rubric — built from what people write, never from the rating numbers.
