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I\u2019d heard the murmurings about Polite Society<\/strong> and its Scott Pilgrim-esque flights of fantasy action, which made me eager to watch it. The framework of a rom-com wrapped in a South Asian ribbon and forged in the fires of Edgar Wright\u2019s visual flair meant that whatever else you thought of Nida Manzoor\u2019s debut movie, there\u2019s no denying it combined some fresh ingredients with the familiar ones.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a funny, personal tale with family at its heart and a scenery-gnawing villain that would embarrass many of those offered up by modern comic book adaptations. But the most surprising thing about Polite Society\u2019s greatness is that it takes a big old swerve into Horrorville.<\/p>\n The film\u2019s plot sees a pair of ambitious sisters striving to do something in their chosen field. The elder sister has art, and the younger is adamant she\u2019ll become the next great stuntwoman. The film deals with how you come to realize specific dreams might be more challenging to fulfill than others, and how the fear of failure can lead you down terrible paths.<\/p>\n Their collective drive is shattered when elder sister Lena (Ritu Arya) meets the man of her dreams, Salim (Akshay Khanna), and shies away from her artistic tendencies, much to her younger sister Ria\u2019s (Priya Kansara) frustrations. Ria begins to suspect there\u2019s something off about her sister\u2019s new beau, and when the pair get engaged, Ria goes on the hunt for proof he\u2019s a bad egg.<\/p>\n Polite Society gaslights Ria and the audience into thinking it\u2019s just desperate despair from Ria, who needs her sister\u2019s passion for art to match her own passion for being a stuntwoman. Frustration concerning their lack of progress in either field plays a huge part in pushing these closely bonded sisters apart as the film progresses. Still, Ria does make a discovery that changes everything if she can get anyone else to believe her.<\/p>\n This is the real spoiler cliff now, so if you want to go into Polite Society relatively cold (and you really should), then this is the jump-off.<\/p>\n