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Haider
Critic reviews and ratings
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...a knockout, a film that makes you smell corpses, that makes you shudder with melancholia, and a film that points accusing fingers. A film that doesn't flinch.
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Rejoice. The sensitive storyteller is back in his element. Vishal Bharadwaj brings alive the ecstasy, pain and passion of Hamlet on screen.
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Wrought with great intellectual and technical finesse, this film is pure poetry in motion
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...a stirring, unsettling tale that needs not just to be watched, but to be experienced.
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...superb, witty, violent, tragic - magic.
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...devastatingly beautiful...
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Watching Vishal Bharadwaj's Haider is like watching a classical concert on stage with 'live' musicians.
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...an immensely effective reimagination of Shakespeare—and the film’s biggest triumph is that the provincial, in this case Kashmir and the characters defined by its reality, shine in a universal and timeless tragedy.
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For trying something new even with every literary adaptation, this one is certainly worth watching over and over again.
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With scintillating performances by almost all the actors and music which can give you goosebumps, Vishal Bhadwaj has literally created magic on screen.
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As good an adaption as it could be, even if it loses pace every once in a while, the other elements keep it going.
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Dark, bleak, morbid and absurd, it is a Shakespearean tragedy and a Vishal Bhardwaj film through and through; and a fantastic one at that.
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...doesn’t have an ounce of the commercial thrills and spills that entertain the 100-crore masses. But it does have an undeniable dramatic punch. It is one of the best stories you’ll every watch on celluloid.
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No matter what and how small the faults in the film, it deserves an audience. To experience a film that is so mesmerising that it will stay with you forever, even if it is in bits and pieces.
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...grand film that'll have you thinking back to it often.
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...I can guarantee that you will emerge from Haider shell-shocked. And when was the last time a Hindi film did that to you?
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I will definitely recommend Haider, it's a sure shot winner! Vishal Bhardwaj impresses once again!
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Its deliberate pacing may not work for all, but this is a solid, well-acted movie that deserves your time.
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Get your minds blown. Forget your phone, forget your watch. Brush up on your Shakespeare or at least Wiki it. And you will find Haider to be a truly rewarding cinematic experience.
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While this is far from his weakest effort, and better than most directors' strongest, Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider is only his third best Shakespeare adaptation.
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...left me cold. It’s extraordinarily crafted, but it’s something you admire from a distance.
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The film, that starts off on a promising note in the first half slowly losses its fizz as the story progresses.
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...a gorgeous but choppy film that you cannot take your eyes off for fear of losing another exquisite piece of detailing; it is also one that fails to fully keep you with it.
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