Subhash Jha/IBOS: 4 stars
Taran Adarsh/BWHangama: 3.5 stars
Pankaj Sabnani/Glamsham: 3 stars
SpiceZee: 3 stars
Filmfare/Sukanya Venkatraghavan: 3 stars
Saibal Chatterjee/NDTV: 2.5 stars "lack of depth"
Sonia Chopra/Sify: 2.5 stars "old-fashioned tearjerker"
Renuka Rao/DNA: 2.5 stars "disappointing tearjerker"
Aparajita Ghosh/Apun Ka Choice: 2.5 stars "watch for Kajol, if you must"
Padma Preetham/Total Filmy: 2 stars "grossly sentimental"
Deepa Garimella/Full Hyderabad: 2 stars "not a happy watch"
Mayank Shekhar/Hindustan Times: 2 stars "stunning Kajol, appears superior to Susan Sarandon"
Aniruddha Guha/DNA: 2 stars "watch it only if you're a Kajol fan"
Minty Tejpal/Mumbai Mirror: 1.5 stars "weepy, forced, set-like, poorly translated dialogue"
Preeti Arora/Rediff: 1 star "don't even watch the trailer"
Khalid Mohammed/PFC: 1 star "Kajol is the saving grace"
Sanjukta Sharma/Livemint: "regressive, boring film"
Nikhat Kazmi/Times of India: "watch it for the all-woman show"
Shilpa Jamkhandikar/Reuters Blog: "pretty but shallow"
Upperstall "it’s entirely possible that WAF is the result of outtakes of other Dharma films and basic Photoshop tools. No, wait. That’d require creativity and talent."
Avg rating: 2.37 stars (38/16)
On the whole, WE ARE FAMILY is a perfect family film with a good mix of emotions and humour. Plus, a brilliant climax, which will ensure that the film grows with a strong word of mouth. The last film which came close to being a family outing was PAA. Before that, the only quintessential family film was BAGHBAN. WE ARE FAMILY is the kind of film that should work instantly with ladies and when ladies watch such films, they bring their spouses and children along. Recommended!
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Filmfare rating: 3
ReplyDeleteWAF is designed to be a family entertainer and that it definitely is. If you must compare it to its original then you could point out that WAF lacks the conflict between the two women that was the fulcrum of Stepmom. This is an out and out Indian film at heart where everyone does the right thing when it comes to family and Indian values and pretty much nothing is left to your imagination. The dialogue by Niranjan Iyengar is thankfully original except in some scenes. But then you must remember this is a remake and there is not turning away from that. You can put your money where your heart is with WAF. And yes don’t forget to carry tissues. Infact take the whole box with you.
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Though 'adapted' from the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster Stepmom, We Are Family can be safely branded a reproduction of the Susan Sarandon-Julia Roberts film with some scenes (and even dialogues) clearly borrowed from it, which makes the experience of watching it quite bland.
ReplyDeleteAdd to it the extended climax (yawn!) which is thoroughly ravaged by the quintessentially melodramatic Bollywood extra touch, and what you have in the end is a disappointing tearjerker.
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Lets see how this turns out.
ReplyDeletehey guys how r u all
ReplyDeletePardesi , blog looks nice
ReplyDeleteHey Rud, good to see you, man.. long time...
ReplyDeleteWe are all doing good, hows everything with you?
We all missed you during Kites :P hah sorry man, but whats the fun if there is no banter involved :D and I bet you missed us during MNIK ;)
Hey, Welcome Rud. :D
ReplyDeleteThis space is one-stop shop for me now, as far as to look up the ratings of the movie, with the average.
ReplyDeleteBut who will take up the resposibility when Nia's School Start Soon :)
ReplyDeleteHey Rudresh - welcome to FS! Like Doga - consider this your one stop shop and keep visiting :D
ReplyDeleteDoga - we are expecting you to step up to the plate ;-)
hahaha I love this line
ReplyDelete"it’s entirely possible that WAF is the result of outtakes of other Dharma films and basic Photoshop tools. No, wait. That’d require creativity and talent."
amazing hahahahahah
"But who will take up the resposibility when Nia's School Start Soon"
ReplyDeleteYou mean Kindergarden?
hahahahahahahah
ReplyDeleteKunal, At time of kites i was busy on NG :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha Rud, I can imagine :D
ReplyDeleteDrop by on SB sometime, or visit us more often
BTW just for the record, I didn't hate Kites, I was kinda ok with it.... But then I was more concerned about Mori than HR :D