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Rustom
Critic reviews and ratings
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...despite its multiple flaws, Rustom can be watched for Akshay Kumar, whose action/comic brilliance often overshadows his acting prowess.
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...comes across as a well crafted crime thriller that meets expectations.
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It’s an intriguing film for sure.
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But for all its diversions from authenticity, end of the day, Rustom manages to entertain.
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...is worth a watch for Akshay's sake.
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...it's more an escapist lesson on how to be a good husband then a captivating substance as a film but the power of Akshay Kumar as Bollywood's most dashing and suave Naval officer makes this sail through...
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...it is Akshay Kumar who ensures that the audiences are glued in despite certain distracting elements in the screenplay.
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Thoroughly absorbing and surprisingly entertaining...
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Watch Rustom for Akshay Kumar.
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...should have been a brilliant courtroom drama, but ends up being ridiculous, with the director opting for cheap laughs.
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This one's worth a watch only for Akshay Kumar. But if you're looking for laughs, Esha Gupta could help too.
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...is largely inoffensive, even passable in the main, but could have been infinitely better had the screenplay not been so utterly conventional and unimaginative.
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No sizzling plot, just a simmering one let down even more by how the big reveal is revealed.
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Rustom’s recreation of an iconic trial echoes the narrative style of the lesser films of the period in which the actual crime occurred – it throws out the facts in favour of a simplistic and crowd-pleasing solution, glosses over its hero’s criminal behaviour, and paints its characters in black and white.
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...is flat and uninspired.
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...wholly disappointing, and feels like an opportunity lost.
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It fails to entertain, just like previous movies on the same case.
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It’s vaguely watchable – but nothing is alive, nothing moves.
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It fails to entertain, just like previous movies on the same case.
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How could the filmmakers have turned a crime of such high passion into such a dreary piece of work?
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...there is nothing remotely credible or engaging in the thriller. The film, in fact, feels like a parody of the several murder mysteries and court room dramas we have seen down the ages.
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...uses all the sensational material the Nanavati case has to offer, the treatment is laughably bad...
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This is an opportunity lost.
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...reduces a high profile case that's ripe for extracting drama into a fancy dress walkabout.
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...no possible fiction-based-on-fact disclaimer could have prepared me for the fact that Rustom is a parody. That, I believe, can be the only explanation for this daft film.
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