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Special 26
Critic reviews and ratings
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...an intelligently woven, slick and smart period thriller with its subject matter as its USP.
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...is an unpretentious intelligent cinema that has potential to make a lasting impact.
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...is an intelligently scripted, superbly acted, enthralling and believable heist film that is more than just that.
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Much of the film’s success can be credited to an absorbing and audacious plot and its gentle sarcasm and quiet humour.
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...a well-written, well-made thriller sans histrionics which translates into wholesome entertainment.
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Interestingly, this con-job story is not superbly-stylish or stealthily serious. It doesn't stun you with a social message like Pandey's 'A Wednesday', but it grips, excites and ahh...climaxes too!
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what’s truly Special about this Chabbis is to see two such different actors, one reliably awesome and the other getting out of his comfort zone of mindless money-spinners to collaborate and credit a script that gives them something concrete and equivalent to work on.
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Writer-director Neeraj Pandey makes a taut, suspenseful thriller weaving in intermittent humour.
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...a gripping, well-made heist film.
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Infusing humor into tense scenes, he gives us a delicious thriller that you don't want to miss.
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...is the best Hindi film I’ve seen this year.
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...an engaging film. Sure it’s end could’ve been much better. Sure this isn’t Pandey’s best. But this is still one of the best films you’ll watch this year.
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...the few hiccups aside, the movie works primarily due to Pandey’s ability to draw in the viewer with witty writing and interesting character interactions.
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...a thoroughly enjoyable suspense drama...
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To take a real-life incident and give it a 'reel twist' that is captivating calls for a 'genius streak'. For this delightful twist in the tale itself, Neeraj Pandey the writer deserves a round of applause.
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Despite its drawbacks, in the end Special 26 is a period heist film that Bollywood can be proud and has a high entertainment-quotient.
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A fairly compelling, charming and stylish heist film that slows down only because of the songs thrust into the narrative.
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...is an unfair joke on the audience. If it were not for some witty dialogue delivered with great timing, Special Chabbis would've been a very frustrating experience.
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The premise of the project had potential, but it comes off as far too fanciful and uneven in its tenor...
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An insipid lead character and unnecessary digressions derail a good heist story.
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...is far from a satisfying thriller but is a consistently engaging. It just isn’t as smart as it wished to be.
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...the occasional slackening of the plot is compensated for by the rampant nostalgia.
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Fairly gripping, with the proverbial twist in the tale, much like the director's earlier A Wednesday.
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