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Highway
Critic reviews and ratings
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Beautifully written, deeply philosophical, visually astounding and absolute fun — Highway is unadulterated joy.
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...makes for the kind of cinema we need, perhaps not something we entirely deserve.
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A daring attempt by Imtiaz, a glorious showcase of India and a superlative performance by Alia Bhatt makes Highway a must-watch.
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...is tantalizingly delicious and a journey you would want to embark on.
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...what stamps this film indelibly is its sheer boldness. Imtiaz Ali must be congratulated for his daring novelty, for a powerful heroine-centric story
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...is far far from flawless but it's perfect imperfections and phenomenal performances make this film a must watch.
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...Imtiaz Ali’s most honest, personal film and, hopefully, the beginning of a chapter in his career that will be dictated more by craft and intention and less by commerce and entertainment.
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A warm yet emotionally violent story that sweeps you off your feet, but for a few scenes that go amiss.
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...films like Highway aren’t just watched they are felt.
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The feeling that we’re on a journey with no use for beginnings or ends is exhilarating.
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Writer-director Imtiaz Ali has hit a road less taken. The result is a stylish two-hander that is defiantly unconventional, if not entirely satisfying.
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Ever so astir, Ali’s storytelling wears wings as do his creations known to take off impulsively or wander about to unforeseen destinations in a bid to discover, seek, escape or just because.
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...will not give you an adrenaline rush, but a serene feeling that stays with you long after the film is over. Alia Bhatt, who's still the student of Bollywood, has the makings of a superstar.
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With all its pros and cons, here’s one of those films: ponderous enough to encourage a snooze but also with its rewarding side-effects. Needless to emphasise, Veera lingers on in the memory. And Alia Bhatt’s performance is nothing short of extraordinary, especially her solo stanzas of dialogue, executed in long takes.
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An evocative ‘back-to- nature’ film that would have Indians ponder questions of identity.
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Writer-director Ali tries giving a deeper subtext to the kidnap drama through Veera. The abduction aftermath has a life-altering impact on the girl. The subtext doesn't work because it cuts down the film's pace as it unfolds and confuses the viewer.
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Imtiaz skillfully creates moments that are at once, tender, funny and fragile. But my problem was that I simply didn’t buy into the story.
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...with all this going for it plus an unpredictable ending, Highway cannot escape from the burden of its sketchy, incomplete feel.
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He has not reached the destination but Imtiaz makes a brave attempt to extricate himself from the sanitised Highway of Bollywood.
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The connoisseurs of cinema and a tiny segment of the movie-going audience may go ga-ga over the film, but there's precious little for the large base of mass audience that's looking at the entertainment quotient...
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I wanted more because it comes from a director who knows, or at least has known how to transfuse exuberance in love, and joy in sheer movement. ‘Highway’ is pretty but stagey.
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A beautiful mess, but a mess nonetheless.
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...spectacular fluff.
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