Outlook
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Namrata Joshi
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
2/5
I Am Kalam (2010)
It's a straight, simple story with no great highs and lows and an easy resolution.
Posted Feb 27, 2020
2
2/4
99 (2009)
The film sparkles only in a few places, tends to flounder and sag and eventually seems way too long and stretched out for its two odd hours.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
3
2/4
Angels & Demons (2009)
Angels and Demons is far more accessible than Da Vinci Code and far more pacy too. It doesn't want viewers to pause, and reflect.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
4
3/4
The Stoneman Murders (2009)
Even the filming is '80s style-rough and refreshingly devoid of technical flourishes.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
5
2/4
Plodding, facile and fails to connect.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
6
1/4
Pink Panther 2 (2009)
A highly awkward and tepid climax ends things with a whimper.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
7
3/4
Milk (2008)
Penn is so well-tuned that not for a minute does his Milk lapse into a caricature.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
8
2/4
Dostana (2008)
The director is obviously confused. The second half dips badly and he resolves the mess with a senseless copout of a climax.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
9
1/4
Yuvvraaj (2008)
10
2/4
Maharathi (2008)
[It's] unable to let go of the staginess. Wish the static energy could have been harnessed into something dynamic.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
11
2/4
Dil Kabaddi (2008)
Here's another film with a who's who cast that begins amusingly but ends with a whimper.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
12
2/4
You have to leave the theatre with a goofy smile.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
13
Little Zizou (2009)
It deals with the contentious issues of faith and fundamentalism, hope and tolerance through the boy's perspective...
Posted Jan 31, 2019
14
3/4
Blindness (2008)
The film manages to communicate the sense of deep-rooted paranoia and anxiety to its audience, the moments of claustrophobia on screen reach out and smother viewers.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
15
Firaaq (2008)
Nandita Das's thought-provoking first outing Firaaq examines the impact of communal violence on human relationships.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
16
3/4
The President Is Coming (2008)
17
2/4
Quantum of Solace (2008)
The angsty, truant Bond and his sulky ways get too irritating, the pout notwithstanding.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
18
Fashion (2008)
The narrative is overlong and seemingly endless, till things suddenly heat up at the very end.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
19
2/4
Roadside Romeo (2008)
20
Karzzzz (2008)
The original entertainer turns into a dull dud in the hands of Satish Kaushik.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
21
2/4
Hancock (2008)
Some melodrama and a superwoman later, it loses steam.
Posted Jan 30, 2019
22
4/4
The Lives of Others (2006)
Donnersmarck makes an assured debut, builds the atmosphere of deceit, suspicion and suffocation and also undercuts it with some jokey moments.
Posted Jan 30, 2019
23
1/4
Mission Istaanbul (2008)
It makes a mockery of the tragic reality of global terrorism.
Posted Jan 30, 2019
24
3/4
Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)
A fun watch because of three reasons-likable characters and relationships, interesting situations and the witty lingo.
Posted Jan 30, 2019
25
3/4
Mumbai Meri Jaan (2008)
26
3/4
Rock On!! (2008)
The package gets complete courtesy Jason West who films the concerts brilliantly-the energy does spill over.
Posted Jan 30, 2019
27
3/4
A Wednesday (2008)
28
2/4
The Last Lear (2008)
Worst aspect, perhaps, is the weak voice of the narrator. Who wants to hear a story in such a weedy voice?
Posted Jan 30, 2019
29
3/4
Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)
The film never gets dull or downbeat. It never loses out on its rustic humour, courtesy some fine dialogue.
Posted Jan 30, 2019
30
3/4
Ramchand Pakistani (2008)
Ramchand Pakistani provides yet another glimpse into the freshly energised, new wave cinema of our neighbour.
Posted Jan 30, 2019
31
2/4
U, Me Aur Hum (2008)
Irritating rather than affecting...
Posted Jan 29, 2019
32
1/4
One Two Three (2008)
...such a mess.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
33
2/4
Shaurya (2008)
A blatant copy with a contemporary Indian spin: it raises the contentious issue of army atrocities. But it's a highly facile critique, a lost chance.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
34
3/4
Juno (2007)
A smart yet sensitive film, more a coming-of-age drama with believable American youngsters rather than TV-perfect Beverly Hills types...
Posted Jan 29, 2019
35
2/4
Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008)
A reasonably nice kiddie flick, but fails to reach out to adults. Essentially like a cartoon film, utterly simplistic in every aspect-characters, plot or narration.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
36
1/4
Love Story 2050 (2008)
In this mayhem, even an over the top Punjabi mother like Archana Puran Singh seems like a little relief.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
37
1/4
27 Dresses (2008)
The film is yawningly predictable...
Posted Jan 29, 2019
38
2/4
It keeps getting bloodier by the scene, yet remains curiously engaging.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
39
3/4
There Will Be Blood (2007)
40
3/4
Jodhaa Akbar (2008)
41
3/4
Mithya (VK Ki Kahani) (2008)
It's one of those rare Hindi films where eating is an integral part any character's doings. Truly inspired edginess.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
42
1/4
The plot is illogical to the core, which one would have accepted had the film been a sheer roller-coaster ride, leaving you little time to notice the holes in the plot.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
43
2/4
Strangers (2007)
44
3/4
Khoya Khoya Chand (2007)
It engages and involves you, but intermittently.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
45
3/4
Aaja Nachle (2007)
Aaja is genteel and winsome and directed with restraint. Some of the best dialogue in recent times, resting on a core of quietude.
Posted Jan 29, 2019
46
3/4
Manorama Six Feet Under (2007)
Navdeep scores big in building the small-town ethos and atmosphere.
Posted Jan 25, 2019
47
3/4
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
48
3/4
Dhamaal (2007)
The film is essentially nothing more than a series of gags most of which leave you giggling silly.
Posted Jan 25, 2019
49
2/4
Apna Asmaan (2007)
Apna Asmaan has its heart in the right place, yet it fails to move. It's to do with the film's odd mix of reality, metaphor and medical mumbo-jumbo.
Posted Jan 25, 2019
50
1/4
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007)