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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
Critic reviews and ratings
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...a feel good, light-hearted rom-com, a slice of life film which the populace and the regular lay person would relate to.
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...a charming and clever concoction.
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...may have its heart in the right place but the tone is a bit tenuous and the comedy only intermittently breezy.
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The direction of Madhur Bhandarkar shows promise in this romantic comedy but it’s not as solid as his reputation of maker of serious films.
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No one can accuse Bhandarkar of not exploiting stereotypes. He tries it with humour this time. But maybe we've just got used to his sledgehammer ways.
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It's part naughty, part funny. If you are looking for a few laughs, check it out.
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...has an interesting story but the characters and situations aren't fleshed out enough. There is an inherent clumsiness and in places the film feels long and leaden.
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...is too long for a light-hearted comedy, and the dialogue is pedestrian. Still it’s not a complete waste of time; there are some laughs to be had.
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...loses its way terribly in the second half. It's a painful watch full of cliches and drags on and on.
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...a silly jumble of misspent potential and hollow creativity.
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The film could have been sharper, funnier, sexier.
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Mediocre lines are converted to lame by some awful timing and some rock-solid misdirection. Save a couple of interesting characters performed well, there's nothing at all watchable in this 150-minute ordeal.
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The trouble with ‘Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji’ is that the slim material gets stretched over two-and-a-half hours. Too much running time, and too little nuance flatten this enterprise.
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Unimaginative, corny and cheap dialoguebaazi ruin Bhandarkar’s comic baby. Most of his jokes require explanations, thus ceasing to be funny.
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...the other guys and gals merely evoke indifference. If their love stories work out, fine, if not, yawn the yawn. Like it or not, the effort appears to be a technically slipshod quickie.
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..has its funny moments it never really gets laugh out loud, with the comic timing often missing.
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Romantic material more suited to delicate drama is twisted into a sex-jokey comedy. The results aren't pretty.
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Unlike a Bhandarkar movie, it has no memorable characters, no social commentary, and sadly, no big laughs either.
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...is at best mediocrity fuelled by hasty filmmaking decisions.
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The stuff seems neither deliciously bad for its inspired lunacy, nor delightfully good for its sensible humour. The indifference truly annoys you by the end of it.
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The story is stilted, the dialogue is cringe worthy and the humour is listless.
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...a far cry from the entertaining and inspired-from-life films he usually makes. This one is disappointing, amateurish, and haphazard.
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...you go to the cinema expecting laughs and get a poor man’s version of Dil Chahta Hai, without the wit.
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...has everything you can expect from a Bhandarkar production: tacky production values, barbs at the wealthy and Westernised, caricatured gay characters.
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