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Sarbjit
Critic reviews and ratings
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...is a landmark film with great performances and a superbly told narrative.
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The direction depicts a human being and a human truth - individuals often face prisons of politics where the innocent can be shackled in darkness.
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it is largely thanks to a memorable performance by Randeep that your heart goes out and you might even end up shedding a few tears for the man...
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...the film takes you on an emotional ride...
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The despair, the hope, the frustration – you see it all, though you might not necessarily feel it.
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This may not be very fulfilling as a film, but it should be watched for the extraordinary story full of unbelievable love and unbelievable cruelty.
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...feels half-baked and wanting. But the performances – particularly Randeep Hooda's – keeps you invested in what's on the screen.
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...might be heavy-handed storytelling but it has its heart in the right place.
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The director's handling of the subject is erratic and amateurish, almost seeming that he is confused on how to position a film like this.
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...is a film trapped in no man's land. Based on a newsy real-life story, it takes cavalier liberties with reality. The result is a disappointment of monumental proportions.
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...is a brave attempt, but the treatment is so melodramatic and so shrill, you come away with a heavy aching head, instead of a heavy heart at the tragedy of the peoples from both sides of the border.
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Some stories deserve to be told with nuance and intimacy. You can't employ movie making formula when you're trying to depict reality and tragedy with authenticity.
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...is watchable only because of Randeep Hooda who goes right into the skin of the character.
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The true story of Sarabjit Singh Atwal is a tragedy of gargantuan proportions that is enough to move a rock to tears. Yet director Omung Kumar somehow manages to make a curiously unmoving film out of this inherently heartbreaking story.
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...derails at an insane clip and grates on one's patience.
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The loud and insistent melodrama takes away from the pathos of the central character’s story.
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The blame lies largely in the script which doesn't leave much for its actors to do other than excessively cry or scream or otherwise sit sulking.
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...the director doesn’t seem to know how to calibrate emotions well. He goes overboard with melodrama, is so overtly manipulative that it leaves the various portrayals seem like cardboard cut-outs than throbbing with real life.
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...is an irresponsibly sloppy film, a film so focused on artless emotional manipulation and trying to make the audience weep, that it trivialises an important true-life story.
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...favours emotional manipulation over restraint or logic...
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...Oomung fails to deliver a moving, poignant film and instead leaves us with a load of melodrama.
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A real-life tale which is inherently so full of drama and heart-break has no need to be artificially revved up. But mainstream Bollywood doesn’t know any other way to do things.
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How can all this result in such a dull movie, which is neither a gripping familial drama nor a tense legal thriller?
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