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Jail
Critic reviews and ratings
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Jail is Bhandarkar’s most straightfowrad social treatise to date.
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Kudos to Bhandarkar for taking an ekdum different take on the notorious Indian jail.
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...well-made film from an expert storyteller.
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...Madhur roars in form once again. Jail will have you thinking.
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...grim, gritty and stark, and, despite a saggy middle, very watchable.
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...works mainly due to Bhandarkar's direction and Neil's fabulous performance.
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From "Jail", one expected a gritty, hard-hitting and thought-provoking drama. Bhandarkar delivers all this and lots more.
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...Madhur Bhandarkar has taken upon himself to sensitize his audience to the plight of the people who live in a world we know exists and choose to ignore. He does so in a matter-of-fact tone. He doesn't sermonize, he doesn't glamorize.
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If the film works, it will only be because of Madhur's execution. Otherwise, Jail has nothing new to offer.
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Because it's well-intentioned and settles for a hopeful message, you stay with the film despite the fact that it's never quite compelling.
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Compare Jail to Madhur Bhandarkar’s earlier works and you would be disappointed to a degree. Nevertheless, compare it to many other mediocre movies of today and Jail is still a step ahead.
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Bhandarkar’s cinema has often been called hard-hitting but the trouble with Jail is that it simply doesn’t hit hard enough.
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The film is able to involve the spectators completely, but sometimes it faces the danger of being called a documentary and that too a depressing one.
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...a been there, done that prison story that has nothing new to offer.
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Lacking the traditional drama and style of a Bhandarkar film, Jail has convincing performances but fails to leave an imprint on your mind like the predecessors.
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Jail isn't terrible by Bhandarkar's standards.
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Watch Jail only if you are in the mood for a documentary on prisoners.
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What we may have liked to know, like with any story, is something more about the hero himself — his past, his conflicts, his shattered dreams. It could’ve greatly helped with the sorely missed empathy.
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Hey Mr Bhandarkar, it's time to think of a new formula, or choose a subject that thrills like Fashion.
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Get real, appreciate Jail for being as rough, real and dammit, outspoken. Sorry guys, want to..however it’s anything but.
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...Jail is well-made, but the subject itself is just too depressing and dreary to serve as entertainment, no matter how hard everyone tries.
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Bhandarkar’s Jail is a faded tapestry of characters, location and situations that hang about aimlessly without striking any real conversation among themselves or with us.
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...lacks the realistic bite of other prison films and also falls short of connecting the audience to the character’s angst.
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...formulaic, below average Bollywood headache, slowed down to lugubrious dullness.
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If there is anything unpredictable in this extremely familiar film, it is how non-sensational it is.
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