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My Friend Pinto
...the end is energetic, making up, somewhat, for the random, chaotic air the film has worn till it gets there. But the rest is strictly amateursville.
Oct 2011
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My Birthday Song
The plotting and the treatment is far too inept to create a solid psychological thriller out of this looping-upon-itself story, whose big reveal is too brief, too late.
Jan 2018
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Feb 2013
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Murder 2
What makes the flick a tad less standard procedure is the taut first half, which doesn't let you move from the seat, followed by a muddled, too-long second.
Jul 2011
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Mumbai Saga
In Sanjay Gupta’s better films, the bad guys used to be more interesting, the action used to be classy. This John Abraham-Emraan Hashmi film, however, feels jaded.
Mar 2021
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Mumbai Mirror
I’ve just finished watching ‘Mumbai Mirror’ and can’t make up my mind : was it so bad that it was plain vanilla bad, or was it head-clutchingly awful?
Jan 2013
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Mulk
Any film that does not demonize, that talks of peace and brotherhood, in these dark, cynical times, is to be lauded. Mulk is Anubhav Sinha’s best film, and it concerns us all. It makes me want to cheer. Out loud.
Aug 2018
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Mukti Bhawan
There’s much to like about Mutki Bhawan. It brings to us themes which are either ignored or dealt with in our cinema with mawkishness and heavy sentimentality.
Apr 2017
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Mukkabaaz
This is a film whose lack of ostensible polish works to enhance its rough-and-tumble flavor: Kashyap and the film are at its most sure-footed when they are calling out discrimination, across the board. That’s when their punches land in exactly the right place.
Jan 2018
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Mubarakan
Post-interval, the film’s funny bone gets lost. It becomes a long, maudlin harangue on family values and good sisters and brothers, while slipping in a few distasteful jokes about wives and women.
Jul 2017
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MSG
Oh my eyes. I was at last night’s premiere of ‘MSG, Messenger Of God’, and I’m still to recover.
Feb 2015
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Mr. Singh Mrs. Mehta
Despite all the flesh on display - the curve of a bare breast, the length of a shapely back - the film is dull and lifeless.
Jun 2010
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Jan 2014
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Monica
...has the intention, and a couple of effective performances but doesn't keep up with its execution.
Mar 2011
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Mom
Sridevi has to do the heavy-lifting of the film, as actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Akshaye Khanna, Sajal Ali and Adnan Siddiqui are not left with enough in hand. It gets so busy keeping Sridevi at the centre-stage that this rape-and-revenge drama turns less impactful.
Jul 2017
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Mohenjo Daro
Hrithik Roshan can't rescue this film. Ashutosh Gowariker makes it bigger but not better. Pooja Hegde needs a better debut. Mohenjo Daro is a plod.
Aug 2016
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Mohalla Assi
...is not much of a film. It’s just a collection of choppy scenes, making it seem that it was censored heavily. It’s been in the making for five or six years, and you can see later add-ons: Deol is earnest, but not really convincing as an Assi dweller.
Nov 2018
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Nov 2016
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Mod
Takia is her familiar wholesome-girl-next-door but has to shoulder too much of the film, and Rannvijay is one-tone.
Oct 2011
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Mission Mangal
How do you jazz up dry, complicated science to make it easy for the viewer who wants, primarily, to be entertained? The answer is twin-pronged: one, dumb down the science and keep it simple, stupid, and two, get a big male A-lister to front the project.
Aug 2019
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Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho
This could have been a sharp black comedy with a strong sense of place , mining its superb absurdist premise...
Jun 2015
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Miss Lovely
Ahluwalia gives us marvelous atmosphere, terrific detailing, just the right grunge and grain in the characters and an unexpected emotional punch: this is a film I want to embrace.
Jan 2014
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Mirzya
This problem plagues this lush, good-looking production right through, and makes it much less of a film than it could have been.
Oct 2016
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Dec 2010
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Miley Naa Miley Hum
The kindest thing I can say about 'Miley Naa Miley Tum' is that it is not a disaster.
Nov 2011
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Milenge Milenge
Despite the silliness , and despite the fact that they look like their much younger, outdated selves...they manage to come up for breath. But only intermittently.
Jul 2010
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Mickey Virus
...a film that holds attention for some time, before it gets stretched into a too-long second act.
Oct 2013