'Hope and A Little Sugar' is in fact, and sadly so, the latest in Ms. Chandra's string of eminently forgettable films, after the disastrous 2006 release 'Zindaggi Rocks'. Its good intentions hardly can mask the fact that 'Hope and A Little Sugar' is a half-baked excuse of a film, surprisingly rushed through, amateurish (especially for a director who is 9 films old) and lacking any emotional depth.
By
Jahan Bakshi 
"Hope and a Little Sugar" manages to be much more than just a movie about Indians living abroad. It is about how tragedy forces each one to find his own way to overcome. This is a mature film and a sign that Chandra is ready to handle grand themes and to depict that grandness through the details of people's lives.
By
Sevanand Gaddala 