No Country for Old Men (2007)

Its a weird movie. I don't see how it could have won the best film oscar for 2007. The acting is good, the direction is gripping, there is a plot, but you shouldn't be rewarded for leaving the audience in the lurch, but thats exactly what happens. All throughout the film, the suspense is building up, characters are merging in, lot of action is happening, everything is moving towards a possible culmination when bam! credits!

what kind of a sadist plot is that?


Javier Bardem is menancing as the psychopathic killer and Josh Brolin looks the quintessential cowboy. Tommy Lee Jones is thoroughly wasted just mouthing some cool deductions and putting in place his stupid assistant


Director brothers Ethan Coen and Joel Coen live up to their expectations. Just like Fargo(1996) and The big Lebowski(1998), this is yet another weird movie from them.

Concept : 5/10
Performance: 7/10
Screenplay: 7/10
Technical: 8/10

Overall 6.7/10

Good Will Hunting (1997)

This is what terrific acting does to a movie. it skyrockets its reputation. Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård make sure u don't take your eyes off the screen. That can seriously influence your opinion.

Its a good movie for its actors. The plot is just another set-someone's-life-straight saga otherwise, even bordering the absurd at times. Oh well! its outright text-book cinema when you consider minnie driver's role

Concept 6/10
Performance 9/10
Screenplay 7.5/10
Technical 7.5/10

Overall 7.5/10

Mithya (2008)

I expected much more from Ranvir and Vinay. Maybe that hyped the movie in my mind. no, I don't think so. Mithya is a bad film. The script probably had potential, but the treatment was pedestrian.

The characters were very colourful and interesting to watch. They kept my mind off the seriousness, if any, implied in the screenplay. That should be a drawback; lack of a tight screenplay. Also too many characters spoil the film!!

Come to think of it, its the exuberance of its motley of characters that cost this film its reputation.

Neha Dhupia looks good throughout. Thats one plus!

Concept 6.5/10
Screenplay 6/10
Performance 8/10
Technical 7/10

Overall 6.9/10

Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006)

With Rahul Bose in it, i expected a good show. I was not disappointed. Its a pleasure to watch funny yet sensible movies. It is also a pleasure to watch creative liberties being explored. The count scene was very innovative.

We all know how terrific an actor Rahul Bose is, but Mallika Sherawat turned in a great performance as well.

Nice movie

Performance 8.2/10
Screenplay 8.5/10
Concept 7.8/10
Technical 8/10

Overall 8.1/10

Meet the Spartans (2008)

Well made spoof! I think sticking to one movie did the trick here. Epic movie was such a disaster! Maybe that brought down the expectation from directorsJason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer famous for the scary movie series.

Some of the jokes were very classy and imaginative. good fun!

Concept 8/10
Performance 8/10
Screenplay 7.7/10
Technical 7.8/10

Overall 7.9/10

Michael Clayton (2008)

Its a good movie, not a great one. What will happen in the end is quite evident 15 minutes into the movie. It was always a question of how exactly, and the drama unto then was a bit of a drag.

Tight performance from the cast, no doubt about it, but you didn't expect less in the first place.

I didn't find the screenplay quite appealing, especially the idea of a flashback. It just didn't serve any purpose. I'm still battling with a few loopholes in the plot. I'll be glad to be proven wrong.

Its a watch it forget it movie. Surprised how it made it to the oscars. Star power, i suppose cos its packed with the who's who of hollywood. Check out the cast . If you liked this movie, u'll also enjoy Syriana. Thats George Clooney again

Performance 8/10
Concept 7.5/10
Screenplay 6.5/10
Technical 8/10

Overall 7.5/10

the namesake (2006)

the namesake is a light story well told. It absorbs you into the life of the ganguli family as it is lived, from the start to a the beginning of the end. there are the moments, good and bad that touch upon you...a sensitive film, well made.

Special mention of Irfan khan and Tabu for their convincing performance

Also by the director, Mira Nair : monsoon wedding (2001) and do watch out for Shantaram when it hits the screens next year

i wanna experiment with 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002)

Concept 7/10
Performance 8.3/10
Screenplay 7.8/10
Technical 8/10

Overall 7.8/10