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Citylights
Critic reviews and ratings
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The film is as breathless as its protagonists, but there is a certain poetry in its treatment that leaves a mark.
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This film soaks you in, and refuses to leave you much after you have left the theater.
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A hard, unrelenting film that doesn’t give in to over sentimentality, City Lights is just like the city of Mumbai.
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It is a film that shocks, provokes and seeks to prick our collective complacency and apathy. That obviously adds up to infinitely more value than the price of a multiplex ticket.
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...even though the direction and performances are impressive, the script seems manipulated and contrived at certain points, as if designed to pull the emotional trigger of the audience.
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An expertly-crafted heartbreaker, this tragic tale has a riveting plot, power-packed narrative, soulful music and arresting performances to haunt you much after the screening has concluded.
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...a fascinating watch.
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Mehta and writer-editor Asrani pull off a rare feat here. They not only choose the right film to adapt-based solely on its theme and universal topicality-but build upon the original, without being overambitious.
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...intensely gripping and thought-provoking.
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Citylights' performances glow.
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...a very affecting, powerful film.
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...a grim yarn which moves you intermittently, but whose patchiness is papered over by a fine performance from Rao.
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The film doesn’t quite work to its full potential. You might want to sample it for the story, formidable performances and few arresting moments.
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...is persuasive. And it will hit you harder if you haven’t seen the original.
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If you have watched the original try it to see how Manila could easily be Mumbai and if you haven’t, go get illuminated about the ground realities beneath your feet.
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There is a gentle flow to the story-telling and a nice moodiness lingers.
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Authentic characters and an honest depiction of Mumbai make this movie an absorbing watch.
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It's a good one but from the team of Shahid and with Mahesh Bhatt backing the project, we expected more.
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A seemingly sad and touching story that doesn't stir you from within.
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...shows promise but is let down by an inconsistent script.
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...isn't a bad film by any measure, but it does feel repetitive and long, even at a running time of less than two hours.
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Superlative performances in an underwhelming story.
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Mehta’s film festers in the story’s limited scope.
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What do you do when you have a lofty metaphor and little to pin it on? That’s the problem Mehta faces in CityLights, which has very little that’s new.
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A decent, harmless but toothless remake of the brilliant Filipino film Metro Manila.
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