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Jai Ho! Democracy
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...the satire is not particularly nuanced, profound or even consistently funny, but it’s still impressive because the film is just wicked enough.
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The film starts off on an extremely good note. Just when the film is settling down with the script and the viewers, the film starts lagging big time, so much so that it becomes irrational and irritating beyond a point.
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With a talented cast at its disposal and even a decent plot, it's a shame that the film fails to capitalise on either.
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...the enormously accomplished actors struggle against the tedium of repetitive jokes about the banality of parliamentarian exchanges.
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...a movie purporting to be a political satire but set on a flimsy premise.
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...as is the case with most attempts at satire, this one also ended up being more slapstick than sarcastic.
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The only thing dark about this parody is the way it spirals out of control after a promising start...
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Sadly the filmmaker is not on firm ground here, giving us a film telling us what we already know, with a story we've seen too many times already.
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...a well-intentioned mess.
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Great chance at parody foiled by sentimentality.
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A gag that’s worth a few minutes of air-time in a sitcom has been stretched beyond repair in Ranjit Kapoor’s movie.
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...was meant to show the farcical side of politics. It turns out being a farce!
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Satire needs nuance: ‘Jai Ho Democracy’ drowns in obviousness.
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The intentions are right and the situations spot on but apart from a few stinging comments on the polity, it fails to grow into a cogent commentary on the state of affairs.
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