Dear Shakun Batra,
You made a film about the most boring people one could ever imagine. Yes, the two sons (Fawad and Sidharth) are writers. But they are of the Chetan Bhagat/Madhuri Banerjee variety. Or a genteel Amitav Ghosh/Tarun Tejpal at best.
The father (Rajat Kapoor) is the sort who has like one drink every night. Oh and he is having an affair. Less said about the mother, the better. She does weird stuff like take one son's novel and give it to the other. For the silliest reason. Wtf? That part would have been interesting if it was expanded upon. But the mother explains it away. And well, things return to normal.
The granddad (Rishi Kapoor) likes to watch porn and is very mischievous - his character is just a collection of the worst sort of clichés. The heroine is your typical obnoxiously modern (shouts a lot and acts like a male, drinks beer (nothing wrong with that) and hits on guys) girl. Her character is also a collection of clichés.
This is NOT a dysfunctional family. There are no pathetic losers in this family. They are all winners who pretend to be dysfunctional. These are the sort of people who have great table manners. They drink fine wine and read Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And thinks that Di Caprio is a great actor. They are the sort of people who are socially mobile.
Nothing interesting happens in the whole film. Just the regular problems of boring regular successful people.
Best Regards, Pimpin.
(1/10)
You made a film about the most boring people one could ever imagine. Yes, the two sons (Fawad and Sidharth) are writers. But they are of the Chetan Bhagat/Madhuri Banerjee variety. Or a genteel Amitav Ghosh/Tarun Tejpal at best.
The father (Rajat Kapoor) is the sort who has like one drink every night. Oh and he is having an affair. Less said about the mother, the better. She does weird stuff like take one son's novel and give it to the other. For the silliest reason. Wtf? That part would have been interesting if it was expanded upon. But the mother explains it away. And well, things return to normal.
The granddad (Rishi Kapoor) likes to watch porn and is very mischievous - his character is just a collection of the worst sort of clichés. The heroine is your typical obnoxiously modern (shouts a lot and acts like a male, drinks beer (nothing wrong with that) and hits on guys) girl. Her character is also a collection of clichés.
This is NOT a dysfunctional family. There are no pathetic losers in this family. They are all winners who pretend to be dysfunctional. These are the sort of people who have great table manners. They drink fine wine and read Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And thinks that Di Caprio is a great actor. They are the sort of people who are socially mobile.
Nothing interesting happens in the whole film. Just the regular problems of boring regular successful people.
Best Regards, Pimpin.
(1/10)