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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
...unnecessarily complicated, tiring, lame mess the hero finds himself in, merely to serve the purpose of an over-imagined plot.
Sep 2011
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Mausam
Setting out with a script with better drama, leave aside a plot, could've helped its scale more.
Sep 2011
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Mastizaade
It’s as pointless as a punctured condom. It’s as ghastly as a bad boob job. It’s like entering a lunatic pervert’s Internet search history tab and discovering only cake recipes.
Jan 2016
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Masaan
...a hard-hitting narrative set against the powerful backdrop that will stay with you long after you've left the theatres.
Jul 2015
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Jul 2015
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Mary Kom
...a highly fictionalised account of what actually happened, and in the process it turned out to be one of those films which are made just for whistles and quick money.
Sep 2014
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Sep 2014
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Marjaavaan
...sucks the joy out of schlock. Stuck in the 80s, it is the throwback you don’t need.
Nov 2019
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Margarita With A Straw
This film is guaranteed to make you cry. But it will also fill you with hope. These amazing women will make you want to inhale life with a new ferociousness.
Apr 2015
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Margarita With A Straw
...what stands out the most in this film is Kalki's acting, and Shonali's courage to discuss disabled people and their desires, aims and sexuality.
Apr 2015
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Mardaani 2
...is a story that everyone knows about, but it still needs to be told again. There are moments that make us cringe, but if we can watch 24-hour news cycle then this film is certainly the need of the hour to make our voices heard.
Dec 2019
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Mardaani
Watch it if you have been a Rani fan, but don’t look for any depth in the story.
Aug 2014
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Aug 2014
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Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
...is an ode to joy, an ebullient celebration of the cassette-tapes its maker has been brought up on. It is an action film, about fights and villains and the importance of pain, and Bala serves up chopsocky goodness not only with directorial flair, but with the benevolence of a friendly neighbourhood ‘Chinese-van’ cook, drowning chowmein in soya sauce and vinegar.
Mar 2019
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Mantra
Nostalgia is eternally beautiful because memory is so selective. Mantra is worth watching if only to be able to be able to look back at that period – the 1990s to the early 2000s – and remember what it was really like.
Mar 2017
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Manto
The Bombay portions feel like clips of a highlight reel, but these scenes are buoyed by lyricism and spirit, even though the editing is choppy and some moments flash by too hurriedly. The Lahore half, more conventionally linear, feels eventually tedious, with hoary scenes of tormented creators and sick children.
Sep 2018
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Manmarziyaan
It is ultimately a disappointment not because of its craft, but because of predictability, self-indulgent pace and its irritating attempt to be both a light crowd-pleaser with a cutesy ending as well as an impassioned, volatile romance.
Sep 2018
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Manjhi
The inspiring narrative, the powerful love story and hard-hitting performances make for a wonderful cinematic experience.
Aug 2015
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Manjhi
Nawaz’s performance is powerful enough to help us navigate the clumsiness of the screenplay by Mehta and Mahendra Jakhar.
Aug 2015
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Manikarnika
There is much intent on display, and while Manikarnika could surely have been sharper, its very existence feels like an arrow against cinema’s patriarchy, a broadside against the boys.
Jan 2019
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Malang
It rides on the thrill quotient, has some good performances and a good looking pair at its centre but that’s about it. The plot ends up looking like a mockery of a subject that needed a better storytelling.
Feb 2020
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Malaal
While offering little that is new, it sure is a change from the cynicism that we see from romances today.
Jul 2019
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Apr 2014
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Main Aur Charles
...offers little to the audience: Neither do you get any insight into Shobhraj’s criminal mind, nor do you get to know the motive behind the psychopath’s schemes.
Oct 2015
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Dec 2013
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Madholal - Keep Walking
...executed amateurishly with poor camera work, jumps in edits, over-acting, that's all.
Aug 2010
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Made In China
...is your typical Chinese product – it promises a lot but is low on performance. Watch it for Rajkummar and Boman’s terrific acting.
Oct 2019
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Madaari
...with all the ingredients for an intriguing thriller, Madaari is the perfect example of how to spoil the perfect recipe, director Nishikant Kamat its master chef.
Jul 2016
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Madaari
...is a testament to the talent of Irrfan – the Khan has been dropped. This predictable, inconsistent and implausible story would have collapsed completely with a lesser actor.
Jul 2016
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Machine
Abbas-Mustan disappoints like never before. Even machines will find it hard to enjoy Machine.
Mar 2017