Badrinath Ki Dulhania

As the movie opens, our heroine is bucking hard against her community's expected gender norms.

She is so completely successful that by the end of the film, her love interest is displaying visible chest-shaving bumps and ab-accentuating makeup.

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Nenu Local

Every time a character smokes or drinks, there is a warning printed on the screen suggesting that the viewer shouldn't do these things.

Why is there no such warning when our "hero" sneaks into a woman's bedroom, sprays anesthesia in her face, and absconds with her unconscious body?




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Naruda DONORuda

This Vicky Donor remake we never knew we needed has plenty of popping cork imagery, poorly-produced musical scenes--and yes, also plenty of fun & funny moments.

They key here, as with the original, is to leave at intermission.





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The Dressmaker

Billed as a "revenge comedy," though the two never quite really came at the same time: it was more like: comedy, comedy, comedy---and then a switch to revenge.

It doesn't matter, though: this movie gets high marks just for being DIFFERENT.



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Freaky Ali

Starts out laugh-out-loud funny, and rarely changes its tone.

Sure, the ending is abrupt & nuts, and there are loose ends, but we've got a fine underpants-to-riches story here.




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Sardaar Ji 2

I wish the movie were as fun as all of its posters make it look, but posters lie all the time.

I did like his secret good & evil selves, exactly the kind of thing I remember from old Donald Duck cartoons.


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The Meddler

I love Susan Sarandon; she's so much fun to watch.

Rose Byrne might not miss her when she dies, but I sure will.





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Housefull 3

Crime don Urja Nagre has three beautiful daughters.

It is a true shame that not one of them can act.




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Keanu

This is so bad, so devoid of laughs, it makes me worry for Key & Peele's futures.

The only thing more unfunny than this movie is the previews that were played beforehand.



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Barbershop: The Next Cut

Not as funny as any of its predecessors, this "Barbershop" is less a comedy than a cause film.

If the film helps the cause, it's all worth it.

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Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)

Sure, a hot lead goes a long way, but even that can't distract from some things.

Things like Rishi Kapoor's wretchedly-thick pancake makeup.



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Hello, My Name Is Doris

Will the young guy at work ever find out that his septuagenarian suitor wears a clip-on hairpiece?

It's a fun movie, mostly, but the funniest parts are the one-off comments written for the hipster gathering somewhere in the middle.

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The Lady in the Van

Poor Maggie Smith; first her time serving as Downton Abbey's answer to Bea Arthur came to an end, and now she's smelling up a series of broken-down vans.

As if being underused throughout the Harry Potter series was not enough of an indignity for one lifetime.



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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2

There was a 12-minute rant about 3/4 of the way through the film that I enjoyed.

Yeah, that was the good part of the movie.


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Grandma

I went into this movie knowing absolutely nothing--only that it stars Lily Tomlin, and I like Lily Tomlin (mind you, back in the day, this strategy burned me multiple times, when applied toward Whoopi Goldberg).

Fortunately, my idiotic strategy was successful this time, and I saw a really great, funny movie.



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The Intern

What we have here, essentially, is two pretty big stars playing in a really bland made-for-television movie.

One you may actually enjoy, after about 40 minutes is cut away for commercials, and providing you fall asleep well before the ending.



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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The first one I loved; this one I merely found pleasant enough.

I'm still up to sit through a third, but they had better damned well hurry up with it.


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Dear White People

I don't have a problem with anything this movie says.

My problem is that I was imagining so much more.

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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania

A dance scene on a rock wall, a 3-D piñata, and even a hot li'l love scene--I'm all in!

With all the modern cinematic advances, though, you'd think they'd be able to do something about chest-shaving bumps.

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Bobby Jasoos

Based on the movie previews indicating this was a screwball detective comedy, I was really looking forward to this movie.  

That stuff was all fun--fun enough that I would be happy to see more of Bobby--but all the tear-jerking family drama & too-serious crime connection (among other things) made me think the filmmakers forgot this was ever supposed to be comedic.

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