After Nida Manzoor's screamingly funny TV series "We Are Lady Parts," I was more than willing to give the well-reviewed "Polite Society" a shot. The movie feels kind of like Gurinder Chadha turned up to 11 - an unnecessary emphasis when Chadha's movies are already at about a nine on the dial. This is about British-Pakistani teenager Ria Khan (Priya Kansara) who wants to be a stuntwoman. And just like Jesminder Bhamra in "Bend it Like Beckham," her family doesn't support her. And just like "Beckham," her sister is getting married. But in this case, our star decides that the wedding is bad and sets out to sabotage it in increasingly spectacular ways.

As one of the friends watching with me pointed out, it alternates between scenes that are mundane and expected, and others that are so surreal that you expect it to turn out to be a dream sequence or alternately the police will arrive to break up the fight. Neither happens, and you're just left shaking your head in confusion. Understand: I like surreal, and something that's consistently mildly surreal is (usually) fine by me. But this one never found its tone, never felt cohesive, never made sense. A serious disappointment.