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Lootera
Critic reviews and ratings
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...a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively, as our cinema is wont to do.
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...an intrinsically earnest and profoundly heartwarming story that stays in your heart.
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Motwane definitely shows an upward graph. He transports you to the '50s effortlessly with his vintage cars, opulent havelis, authentic costumes and terrific performances from his lead cast.
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...a Bollywood miracle – a rare Mumbai film that is mounted on a lavish scale and yet dares not to play by the established norms of the marketplace.
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It’s reflective, gentle, lyrical and reads like a letter to our hearts.
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Just for its ability to engage you with pure aesthetics and technique, Lootera cannot be missed.
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It’s cinematic art.
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Drop whatever else you're doing, and soak in this love saga.
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Motwane’s love for the script and his confidence comes through in every scene.
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It may be a couple of notches short of a masterpiece, but Lootera is the kind of film you will remember long after watching it.
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...reminds you of the times you have wondered, why people fall in love despite themselves.
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Motwane manages to embrace the complexities of human nature with aplomb in the film, filled with melodrama.
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...has everything going for it but just not the story. It could've been a masterpiece if there was more to the story than just a wafer-thin plot.
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...could have been Bollywood's Gone With The Wind. But like the last leaf that is tied to the tree, the second half hinges on a plot that takes a nose dive after a breathtaking first half.
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...exemplary story-telling without an exemplary story. A beautiful painting without depth.
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...stands apart from every Hindi film in the last decade at least. You wouldn't want to miss such a unique cinematic experience.
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There is skilled storytelling, a dream cast, visual splendour. And yet, you're not overcome by the film.
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...with just some more fluency in the dramaturgy and less self-indulgent pacing, 'Lootera' would have been unforgettable, deserving of an unconditional two, instead of a one thumbs up.
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It has left me with some indelible scenes which are sheer poetry, but this is one of those films that I wanted to like much more than I did.
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As much as I'd like to reward Lootera for it's craft I firmly believe that films can only win you over with the ability to tell a story. And this is where Lootera falters.
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...while The Last Leaf, with its daft romanticism in the end, is better imagined than seen on screen, where the literalness of the images makes everything look foolish.
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Has just the right construct of a classic but stops short of becoming one. And that's such a loss-there, yet not quite.
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...I found myself restless in my seat, bored by the indulgence of a filmmaker to turn what seemed like a short, fun story with a smart twist on paper into an unwarranted drama with epic delusions of tragedy.
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The film is painfully slow, but Motwane still makes a fine cinematic experience of it.
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