Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
...is a hilarious movie, but unlike any slapstick comedy. It's a light-hearted film with sensibility, humour and a strong undercurrent of emotion.
The comedy keeps you in splits, and isn’t a slapstick one.
...is quite unlike the hysterical laugh acts that have been trying terribly hard to make you laugh in recent Bollywood. More of a chuckle-and-a-smirk drama...
The light tone keeps you engaged for most of the film, especially the parodied songs. There are a few "aawwww" moments too. But, it is a tiny lecture on the changing value system and gets a little sarcastic.
...it's not a laugh riot, but displays comedy with the help of dialogues, situations, and parodies...
...a great attempt at the slapstick genre where surprisingly you don’t have to leave brains at home , as is the norm . Though it overstays a bit , its still a fun watch.
It's a Paresh Rawal show all the way with Ajay and Konkona providing good support.
The story is good, has a good little twist in the end. The director also never tries to make you laugh; it's the situations that leave a smile on your face.
What scores is that the film does not have slapstick or in-your-face comedy.
The central flaw with the film is its failure to evoke sympathy for the central characters. Having suffered unbearable guests themselves, most viewers will find Chachaji’s antics harmless; even amusing.
...a lighthearted entertainer that tickles your funny bone several times in the film.
The gentle and soft humor directly touches your heart. If you like the old world charm around your house, the movie is tailor made for you.
Predictable and clichéd, Atithi… makes you laugh a few times and a twist ending is definitely a pleasant surprise.
...the screenplay is weak, the basic premise engages to a point, after which you hear yourself echoing Puneet and Munmun’s plea: ‘Atithi tum kab jaoge?’ Because once he leaves you know the film will finally end.
Finally you aren’t watching a film about family ties but a film that ties up the family in reams and reams of comic chaos. Vulgarity and double-meanings strictly not admissible.
With better writing it might have been a crackling piece of comedy. As it is now, it's a reasonably enjoyable weekend watch.
...attempts to impart valuable lessons but the comic sugar-coating just doesn't crackle enough.
...there’s nothing fresh about Dhir’s film, which employs tired characters and even more tiresome clichés.
...a comedy specially tailored for the average Indian family. Thus, everything about the film is average.
If the belaboured and sporadic humour thereafter isn’t dull enough, they stuff in so many third-rate songs, you feel a bit of a troubled host yourself.