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Ragini MMS
It's nothing you haven't seen before, but it keeps you engaged for most of its 100-minute running time.
May 2011
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Raees
As a throwback to those thrilling gangster films from the 70s, many starring Amitabh Bachchan and scripted by Salim-Javed, Raees delivers ample bang for your buck.
Jan 2017
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Race 2
The film has no intellectual pretentions; its only ambition is to offer a good time. In that, it mostly succeeds.
Jan 2013
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Raazi
The film is admirable also because it’s a measured, mostly intelligent thriller that asks us to consider concepts of patriotism and honor without spoon-feeding us with manipulative background music or provocative dialogue.
May 2018
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Raat Gayi Baat Gayi
...has the ingredients for a movie one would probably enjoy very much, but somehow they never come together.
Jan 2010
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Raanjhanaa
For its immensely entertaining first half, a winning score by AR Rahman, but most of all for Dhanush, this is a film that's worth your time.
Jun 2013
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Raajneeti
...is thrilling and gripping for the most part, even though it does lose steam in its final act.
Jun 2010
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Raabta
...is one part lighthearted rom-com, one part deathly serious reincarnation saga, and all parts ridiculous.
Jun 2017
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Ra.One
What's missing from 'Ra.One' is a sure-footed director's touch. Anubhav Sinha fails to bring all the elements together, and while this superhero film has plenty sound and fury, it's sorely lacking slickness.
Oct 2011
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Mar 2014
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Qarib Qarib Singlle
The film employs honesty and humor to make important observations about letting go of the past and about making a real connection with someone.
Nov 2017
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
Someday we'll get a smart film on the battle of the sexes. Until then, perhaps cheap laughs will have to do..?
Oct 2015
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama
...is positioned as a comic take on real urban relationships, but the jokes are mostly lame, and the conflicts so exaggerated that it doesn't work on any level.
May 2011
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Pyaar Impossible
doesn't work because it's hard to empathize with any of the characters and because the actors fail to rise above the flawed script.
Jan 2010
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Prince
...marvelously moronic movie that uses visual effects to fake everything from stunt scenes and explosions, to hi-tech gizmos and even the Mumbai skyline.
Apr 2010
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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
...the tropes have gotten rusty, the emotions seldom feel genuine, and the writing is strictly surface level. Good thing then that the film's got Salman Khan as leading man, his abundant charisma glossing over many of its flaws.
Nov 2015
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Poorna
The film ticks all the boxes of a standard sports drama; it’s a bonafide underdog story. There are rousing speeches, training montages, and last-minute conflicts.
Apr 2017
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PK
Packed with sharp dialogue and genuinely funny moments that offset the lack of subtlety, it is easily one of the year's better films.
Dec 2014
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Jul 2014
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Pink
This isn’t just an important film, but also excellently made. It’s a giant leap for Hindi cinema, and easily the best film this year.
Sep 2016
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Pihu
It’s neither a compelling cautionary tale about bad parenting or a sufficiently responsible thriller. The film revels in making you flinch and squirm and cringe. That’s just mean-spirited.
Nov 2018
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Photograph
The writing doesn’t pack the emotional urgency of The Lunchbox, and the characters aren’t as compelling. There is a delicate quality to the central relationship but it never takes flight. Batra keeps the story on slow-burn; how you wish he’d stirred things up from time to time.
Mar 2019
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Phoonk 2
...is what you'd describe as Ramgopal Varma-lite. The thrills and scares are few and far between. They could have made this film in their sleep. Who knows, they probably did!
Apr 2010