hashim imran

I give -3 Stars to this movie for stealing Abrar Ul Haq's classic "Nach Punjaban" and I give 3 Stars to Manish Paul for making this boring movie affair a little entertaining for me at times. Also a star for Anil Kapoor and Neetu Singh, both veterans were wonderful in this movie despite of having a badly written script to work with. Therefore this movie gets 1 Star from me. Thank you.

May be because I haven't seen the Telugu version of Jersey or may be I am a huge Shahid Kapoor and Cricket fan. Surely, one of the best I have seen this year so far. Just watched it on Netflix in one go and had a great time, I loved Shahid's Kaminay, Haider and Udta Punjab but his recent portrayals of complex characters like Kabir Singh and Arjun Talvar in Jersey just now have put him on another level on my list. I know Jersey hasnt made as much money as Kabir Singh did and it can be deemed as a financial failure by looking at it's box office numbers, since the film's release date got postponed twice due to the covid pandemic, which may have caused the film's initial hype to fade away by the time it hit the Theatres. But thankfully, it's out there on an OTT platform now which will make it easier for people to watch it and then form an opinion. Story telling is on point, I looked at the time duration when the movie started and I thought to myself that may be I'll just watch the first half today but ended up watching the entire movie instead. It is a slow burner at times but then once you are invested in Shahid's character then you'll introspect and self reflect with Shahid when he's quite in some scenes. This movie's cricket scenes choreography is by far the best I have seen in movies in general and the cricket scenes being more interactive is what sets this movie apart. The music is incredible with wonderful songs throughout the movie except for the one at the end which starts when Arjun Talvar's Son is walking out of his father's tribute ceremony with a Jersey in his hands. Another reason why I say the music was incredible because it helped the director tell his story without boring the audience, as he used music and songs to build chemistry between the two leads instead of having them lip sync and used the music and songs for Shahid's montages too which keeps the story engaging. . This should go down as one of the best acting gigs in Shahid's career so far and the chemistry between the real life father-son duo on screen between Shahid and Pankaj kapoor was magical to watch as well as the chemistry between Shahid and the child actor who plays his Son in the movie. Pankaj Kapoor's punjabi accent was a nice throwback to his Zee TV days where he played an elder Punjabi Brother to Satish Kaushik's character in Comedy Sketches in a Music Charts Show, yes I know, the format of the show sounds weird but it was the 90s and nobody cared. The rest of the supporting cast did exactly what was required of them to do, I can pinpoint bad acting cues, reactions or deliveries but I'd rather look at this movie as a whole and as a whole, this movie and its characters succeed in telling a story of Arjun Talvar, a sportsman, a father, a husband, a friend and a student, who was born to play Cricket according to his Coach (Pankaj Kapoor). I might watch Arjun Talvar's Cricket highlights from the movie many times in the future, especially his square cuts and cover drives.

To all the critics (rotten tomatoes), this movie was meant to be a comedy satire made to mock the current state of our society.

2.5 out of 5 An average buddy action comedy. And I call it average because only some of Ryan Reynolds's punchlines are still stuck in my head, nothing else. Too many twists and turns only indicated towards bad scripting but then I guess writing a high quality script was never the production's intent here. Ryan Reynolds dominated DJ in every frame that these two shared on screen, at points DJ looked like a wooden prop just placed next to Reynolds for him to crack jokes on. DJ looked underutilised, especially in comedic exchanges between the two male leads and everyone knows that DJ can layeth the smacketh down when it comes to comedy, ask Kevin Hart. Gal Gadot looked fantastic in a villanous role here, her character would make surprise appearances to take the two male leads by shock as well as the audience members until it gets annoying once you are half way through the movie and the character also has a couple of big twist reveals in the movie. All in all, Gal Gaddot, just like the two male leads, acted as per the requirement of her character except she couldnt shine much just like DJ because of the weak written material whereas Reynolds seemed to be improvising in most of the scenes he is in, at times his one liners resembled something Deadpool would say. Star Cast which includes the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds & Gal Gaddot, sure seems like a Blockbuster on paper and with the amount of eye balls this Cast will bring to Netflix, I won't be shocked if Netflix declares this movie as so. As a whole, this movie is a one time watch at its best (even for the fans of the Actors involved) and an average movie to look back at, I won't be watching it again any time soon. Not forgettable but also won't be remembered as a career highlight of any of the three lead Actors. 2.5 out of 5

What made it somewhat close to the Classic was Ewan McGregor’s Character “Dan” and its build up in this Sequel, how the movie turned into a Thriller from Horror & the Hotel Ending Sequence which seemed forceful but paid a befitting homage to The Shining & made it worth watching through 2hrs to some extent. All in all Doctor Sleep felt like a B Grade movie for the most part but it turned out to be a good watch, despite of the abrupt Storytelling towards the Climax. Just not what I’d expect from a movie that claims to pay tribute to a Kubrick classic, a fine Sequel though. Rebbeca Ferguson stole the show in my opinion and Ewan McGregor’s wig was super annoying at times to say the least but he is a good actor so that did not matter once I was half way through the movie.