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Motichoor Chaknachoor
Critic reviews and ratings
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...is simple but its plot is full of gentle little twists and turns that surprise, delight and take the film in unexpected directions.
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...had the potential of turning into a rare funny satire on marriage and dowry but alas it ends as a passable rom-com.
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...comes off as a mixed bag that leaves a lot to be desired in the execution department.
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...is a good enough comedy within the circle of its two families and their many side characters, but is astonishingly regressive in how it treats its men, women, marriage, looks, age, even dowry.
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...breaks no moulds – preferring to revel in them instead. And perhaps therein lies its weakness.
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Despite a shaky start, the film manages to engage and entertain in spurts. But sharp quips and jibes can only carry this film till the end of the first half. Post interval, we’re tossed into a saas-bahu-grade intense family drama.
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...it could have been more enjoyable if the treatment was more consistent...
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...the film doesn’t become memorable in the way that other small-town tales like Dum Laga Ke Haisha or Bareilly ki Barfi or Stree were. But it’s passable entertainment. And sometimes that’s enough.
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...boasts of a very entertaining first half but the second half plays spoilsport heavily.
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If Nawaz hits all the right notes in his portraying his character's timid, modest traits, Athiya Shetty springs a surprise in how she completely surrenders to Anita's perverse superficiality. Wish one could say the same about the film's confused idealism and slipshod climax.
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Shetty throws her all into playing that one-dimensional small-town girl, but, pitted against Siddiqui, Chibber etc, the mismatch in aptitude is unambiguous.
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The rough humour, even the political incorrectness, of a few lines works given the context of the place and its denizens but the film doesn’t know when to stop and how to stay sharp and pointed.
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...is funny in parts, but on the whole, it disappoints.
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Where do you go from there? Practically nowhere. The plot is pretty plain and simple.
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Give Motichoor Chaknachoor a miss if you value your time - and sanity.
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