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"I just was Norah for the time that we shot," she points out "There was no other option I can't really switch on and off like that. Besides one moment that riffs on the chest-waxing scene from "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," the film includes a lighthearted discussion of which characters from well-known Indian films might have been gay, and a romantic dance choreographed to match up with the hit movie "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" playing in the background.Running just shy of 2 1/2 hours, the film has too much of everything, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. All of these mothers and all of their daughters have their own particular stories to tell, some humorous, others tragic.The main narrator, Jing-Mei (Elaine Kao), a struggling copywriter hampered by feelings of inadequacy, had a fractious relationship with her recently deceased mother, Suyuan (Cici Lau), whose revelatory and tragic past resurfaces only after her death. But he does well flying solo, and his wit gets workout enough. After all, many of these characters are gods and goddesses, so the prevalent beauty seems well placed.In that vein, it is the play's physical production that is most striking.

(Tuesday)--People who like subtitles are talking about: The Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee SeriesIt's helpful to be prepared when the Globes hit town next Sunday and the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica is a cozy little place where you can slip away into foreign movie land. "With a lot of people who are making things, you feel like it's running through a borrowed filter It's their idea of what it means to be an artist. But if "Make Room! Make Room!" does not make that error, it does remind us that even the most prescient look into the future is only fantasy, and cannot help but evaporate with time.--david.ulin--David L.