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Guzaarish
Critic reviews and ratings
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A big, beautiful, dazzling emotional movie experience.
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is a case well presented. There is an attempt to draw a safe line hence as the director tries not going against the code of law as he presents the case. It is a delight to watch for the superb performances.
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...a near-perfect cinematic experience.
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A film like Guzaarish isn't made for the box office. It's made for the gratification of the senses. And that it does, in ample measure.
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A big, beautiful, dazzling emotional movie experience.
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The beauty of the film lies in its ability to throw light on a morbid subject, compelling the viewer to fall back in love with life.
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...poignant, amazing and simply 'magical'.
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...is an art museum. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the perfectly chiseled curator and Hrithik Roshan an almost statue. And this once, it’s not his acting I’m complaining about, the script demands him to stay put. You are watching them etched in many exotic, exquisite paintings frame after frame. So, what if the very basis of the story is pointless and there are gaping holes which are difficult to digest.
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Combining euthanasia with song-and-dance is a tough, tough feat and despite his prodigious talent, Bhansali can’t pull it off.
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...poignant but hardly phenomenal...
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You get overwhelmed at first; leave slightly under-whelmed, eventually. That's the story of this otherwise fine film.
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...a very handsomely mounted, well acted, but not particularly earth-shattering film, given the enormity of the debate at its core.
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...is not the storm he may have intended it to be, but it is that little spell of rain that invades your life for a bit. But just for that bit...
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...brilliant fare.
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may not be perfect but somehow, it wins you over in the end.
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Just what, exactly, is this oddly bloodless film - a Bhansali movie for those who don't like Bhansali movies?
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Its a visual treat, a technical feat in scale and an emotional roller-coaster. The best news is that Sanjay Leela Bhansali is well on his way to finding the right balance between these three aspects of a film.
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There is no doubting Sanjay Leela Bhansali's superb sense of aesthetics, but he reduces the issue of euthansia to a TV show debate.
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The film tries far too desperately to evoke what Bollywood calls the 'feelgood' factor, but ends up evoking more apathy than empathy. Guzaarish starts off slow and beautiful, but gradually, sadly congeals into a wet mess.
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Bhansali's love story doesn't move you the way it is intended to. It's unique, but not necessarily special.
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...is enjoyable in parts. The first half is a breeze and the quick pace of the movie takes you by surprise. The second half becomes messy and inconsistent.
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...never quite comes to grips with its theme of mercy killing. Or emotional healing.
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali's monumental folly is so spectacularly silly that it makes Saawariya look like a masterpiece.
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...an unsatisfying effort because the filmmaker continues to invest more in the appearance of every frame than in the emotional truth of his characters.
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...a pretty picture with precious little magic...
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Bhansali's painterliness wreaks havoc on the subject. The visual excesses distract from the basic emotions. You don’t feel for the central character.
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...Guzaarish points to a limited imagination that is so much in thrall to European costume dramas it lacks a soul of its own.
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