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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
...this juvenile single-minded immaturity hurts the comedy. It hurts the writing. It hurts the characters. It hurts the film.
Oct 2015
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Jazbaa
It is a mercifully brief movie, just about two hours long, and goes by briskly enough, but that’s about it in terms of the good part.
Oct 2015
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Calendar Girls
Take the name off the poster and it's hard to believe this film has been made by someone who makes films.
Sep 2015
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Katti Batti
It is an imbecilic cliche-ridden embarrassment that made me want to punch it in the mouth.
Sep 2015
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Hero
This is a poorly-written film where the kids don’t seem to have any true allegiance to the parental figures or any consistent morality or conflict, even.
Sep 2015
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Welcome Back
...is dumb yet entertaining, utterly silly but made with a kind of absurd, warm energy.
Sep 2015
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All Is Well
...spends two hours desperately tickling the audience but the overall impact is one of torture.
Aug 2015
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Drishyam
It’s a depressingly ordinary film, and the allegedly stolen plot -- about a crime being covered-up -- is something we’ve seen many, many times before.
Jul 2015
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Jul 2015
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
...an overearnest, oversimplified, preposterously sweet and frequently schlocky film, which shouldn’t work because of how predictable and soppy it is. Yet, because of a finely picked supporting cast, some sharp lines of dialogue and, most crucially, because of its overall heart, it works, and works well.
Jul 2015
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Guddu Rangeela
Kapoor tries so hard to make sure his film is quirky that he doesn’t care about how clever or funny it actually is, and Guddu Rangeela could well have fallen flat -- except for the actors.
Jul 2015
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Dil Dhadakne Do
Despite its flaws, I find myself looking back at Dil Dhadakne Do and smiling.
Jun 2015
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Bombay Velvet
...runs out of breath less than halfway through, and huffs and puffs as it tries to breast the finish line.
May 2015
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Mr. X
...a stupid, slow, randomly ballad-filled mess that could still have been made entertaining with an interesting protagonist.
Apr 2015
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Court
...a singularly strong directorial debut -- gives us stunning snapshots which should work sensationally well for a festival audience, but, to the Indian viewer, are not truly new or holding any strikingly original thought.
Apr 2015
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
...for all its stylishness and period grandeur it is not as intelligent a film as it yearns to be, the plot isn’t cunning enough and the conveniently-unravelled puzzle never quite sucks the viewer in.
Apr 2015
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Hunterrr
It tries, flounders and -- despite the actors outshining one another -- fails rather miserably.
Mar 2015
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Mar 2015
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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
...a truly simple story. So simple, in fact, that Dum Laga Ke Haisha never gives you a single moment of unpredictability. It’s a two-hour film, and yet drags its feet enough to feel long and stretched. There are superb actors performing a sweet script, but after a while all you have is flavour.
Feb 2015
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Badlapur
...is all fury and fog, a revenge saga that plays out with such eyebrow-singeing intensity that I could imagine a gravel-voiced narrator filling us in on dames and dreams and dark, stormy nights.
Feb 2015
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MSG
...this is a poorly assembled, terrifically tacky and tremendously ill-conceived showcase for a self-styled spiritual leader -- self-styled because no costume designer in the world could match up to this man.
Feb 2015
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Shamitabh
Bachchan is excellent, Dhanush does well, but both are straitjacketed by a flimsy, uneven story that is eventually just exhausting.
Feb 2015
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Tevar
...a tiring slog, devoid of personality, riding unfairly on the shoulders of a young lad.
Jan 2015