'Freida lacks acting skills'

This is her first release since Slumdog Millionaire and Freida Pinto, playing the eponymous character in Miral, seems to have the West taking serious note of her lack of acting skills.
Miral is an adaptation of Italo-Palestinian Rula Jebreal’s book about Hind Husseini, who founded an orphanage in Jerusalem in the wake of the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.
This Franco-Israeli Film, directed by the Oscar nominated director Julian Schnabel is competing for the Golden Lion Triphy in the ongoing Venice Film festival.
Miral will next show at Toronto Film Festival, while several of Pinto's other prestigious films are lined up for release, among them is the Woody Allen-production You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.
While some critics and film writers have given the film mixed reviews, they seem to be pretty unsparing when it comes to Pinto, who incidentally, is in India at the moment. Wise move, say critics, considering the backlash that seems to be in store.
The Film Experience:
...nobody seemed to have a problem with Freida Pinto's inexpressiveness as an actress in Slumdog Millionaire — don't try to tell me that's a new development.We just barely dodged that supporting actress nomination I think.
Movieweb:
Hiam Abbas was in Venice for the premiere of Julian Schnabel's Miral but curiously Freida Pinto, “Miral” herself, was not. Maybe she saw some unflattering reviews coming.
Obsessed with Film:
(Miral) So contrived, so false, so cravenly seeking out approval that it lacks impact.
The Telegraph, UK:
The film wears its heart on its sleeve — and its awkwardness, too. It’s terribly earnest, and characters often speak dialogue that resembles a history lectur
Thompson on Hollywood:
Pinto, while gorgeous is not an expressive actress
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