Majorthebys Charming and brutal

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Hidden Voice I wouldn't go on and compare this film with any Bollywood film or anything.This film is of international comparison.Finally,Bollywood changes.This is an interesting piece of work.Though,it never achieves perfection and nor is it great.It is at least a good attempt at something really out of the obvious,coming from Bollywood,you've gotta give credit to the writers.This is a bold,ambitious,smart piece of film making.Something like this coming from Bollywood,really caught me with huge surprise.This qualifies as a close comparison to other thrillers from Hollywood.This Black Comedy begins with Cyrus Mistry narrating,lying down on some sort of hill,with a bag full of something.As we listen to his narration,we consider this man as an innocent,friendly person just looking for a job and a place to stay.So,we as an audience quickly befriend with Cyrus.He arrives at the doorsteps of Sethna Family.A retired Sculptor Dinshaw accepts him and takes Cyrus under his apprenticeship.But as the drama unfolds ,it becomes clear that Cyrus has plans of his own,and he changes their lives disastrously.This mysterious Drama,that unfolds into a Psychological thriller, has a gripping atmosphere.It is a really ambitious move made by this young film maker and his vision is clear in the film.And it's only less than 90 minutes and has no songs.And I won't consider this a Bollywood film in any fashion,other than its Bollywood actors.It's smart,offbeat, with noirish touches.Nevertheless,the film is flawed.Its characters are not fully realized ,other than the title character.And sometimes, some scenes were weakly conceived and seems forced.In particular,is the dream sequence which I don't understand what its intention was.Other problem is the Sethna family characters.Dinshaw's character seems to be as pointless as Dinshaw himself.And Katy's or Tina's character aren't properly developed.And so goes for the Farokh character.And the ending should have left an impact,whereas it was shocking and doesn't leave much impression, with ambiguous results.The film also feels incomplete.But having said that,I would regard this as first real attempt to improve the qualities of Bollywood movies, which are dreadful in every respect.And only a few survive.Some of them are the ones I liked; Lagaan, Dil Se,Dil Chahta Hai,Asoka,Rang De Basanti and now this.But this film stands out of that category.This should be analyzed separately as it is a unique feature in its own way.It's a intrepid move to change the Bollywood system.Even you may find it dark and depressing or incomplete at times,you'll definitely be hooked into the film's pacing.Khan suits perfectly and perhaps the only actor who's character is so well written and more focused.Khan really pulls if off.His performance was comfortable and natural, and his moody narration really kept me entertained.He is the key character-actor of this film.One of the strong points of the film.He's got the flamboyant looks and he uses them to deceive the audience until he reveals the true agenda of his character.While Kapadia was convincing as an annoying and irritating wife,she over acts in many scenes,and really becomes hard to bear.Whether it was intentional or not,I don't know.But I hated her when she was on screen.She looks old and really ugly.Whereas, Shah, who has pretty much nothing to do like his character,seems dull.He's a clueless actor here.And I really thought his character should've given more depth than just smoking pot.I wouldn't really say Irani is the best actor in the film,he is actually close to what I said about Kapadia.But he does manage to be among the better actors of the whole bunch.He is funny,if you understand his Hindi.The guy who played the cop was okay,but also amusing when he shifts to Hindi.Simone Singh was okay.And the actor who plays Farokh's brother leaves a good impression.The problem with the actors is,their accents.I sometimes couldn't understand what they were saying when they yell or shout or whatever they were saying at times.I've always considered Indian English as Lazy English.Where their accent is very lazy,they speak in a loose ,lazy ,sleepy way.And that's the problem with the actors.They are not convincing when they speak English, apart from Khan,who also has some problems.And the plot,which drags and nothing much happens until the end.The entire credit should go to the Director.Had he hired Hollywood actors, the film would've been perfect.Since,a film like this require more talented and convincing actors.Especially the ones who could handle their accents well.The directors screenplay is well written, while not perfect, has its share of success.It feels like a screenplay written by a Hollywood writer.It's really a good concept.But the execution just can transcend from good to great.It's good but the film is flawed.I wouldn't regard this film his debut since he has such a distinctive control of the picture.His vision is easily presented on the screen,even it's ambiguous.A well done work and hope to see him do better movies in the future.This is,by the way, a great start.And hope he doesn't make the moves Farhan Akhtar made after his debut.The film's biggest highlight was its score.It really moves swiftly and clears the flaws of the film.It's the true saving grace.Even if the score wasn't appropriately used in some scenes,it really heightens the intensity and mood of the film.It's the strongest point of the film. The cinematography was like any other Bollywood film.I was disappointed to see that the Editor of Guy Richie films has edited this one with nothing out of the ordinary.I thought it was edited by a Bollywood editor.It was just ordinary.Despite many of the film's drawbacks,and shortcomings,it still is a very good first attempt.It succeeds to be different and new.Hopefully, we will see more of these films.It can't be perfect since it is flawed and it's a first timers film.And like some first timer,he leaves a really good impression but fails to leave a mark.Hope,Bollywood learns something from this.

youhanma What an amazing well made movie! The movie actually does have a very complex plot both Physiologically and sociologically but Homi's Direction make the movie simple to understand and a pleasure to watch!I say complex Physiologically because it is, It takes you just enough into the depths of the minds of these two characters, namely Cyrus and Tina to make you understand that something is not right and the thrilling end explains it all. Sociologically because we see and hear about such things that happen to old people like Fardoonji on a daily basis in all communities and races in India and abroad (namely Mistreatment of older folks and sometimes even murder.) The Movie spends just enough time on all the aspects and issues which make it so interesting to watch. It touches upon the Idiosyncrasies of the Parsi Community, (but this could relate too and be true for any community as such) the dysfunctional family of the Sethna's and then delves into the psychology of two young kids messed up by years of abuse, all while keeping within the boundaries of traditional "Bawa" Humour! Kudos to all of the stars as well, Saif Does an outstanding job with "Being Cyrus" and could very well be made an Honorary Bawa now. Dimple Kapadia and Nasrueidin Shah are absolutely brilliant and deserve to be nominated for some award, I don't care pick an award, ANY award! On the whole, a brilliant and well made movie, AWESOME JOB HOMI! You know industry insiders touted M.Night Shamalyan as the next Steven Spielberg in the US after the 6th sense! I think, if Homi Adjanina keeps up this trend he would definitely be the next Steven Spielberg of India!!! Bravo to this young Director!!!!!

oo_la_la_us It's an awful movie. - There is no story whatsoever. Attempts have been made to capture the psyche of people and make a movie - fails miserably. The links are broken and there is no logical flow to the film. Cyrus walks into a Parsi family,and tries to see thru the psyche of that family - 2 brothers,their wives,and the father.He finally kills the father and elder son, for weirdly complicated reasons dating back to his childhood.The other son and his wife are charged for the murders.He walks out and feels he is free again.There is no head or tail to the movie. Do not know what was the hype about.Its a different movie - yes, but leaves no mark of its own.

jonn_en I watched the movie after reading all the reviews N was expecting a movie that will reveal the dark secrets of a Parsi family. But it turned out to be completely different, it's no family movie, but a dark thriller. And as the director of the movie says, 'Can happen to anybody, not necessarily a Parsi family' which is very much true.The premise of the movie is very simple, Cyrus comes to a Parsi family staying in Panchgani, starts an affair with Katy (Dimple). And after that starts the actual plot of the movie. Cyrus is paid some money by Dimple to do something and he leaves for Mumbai. There we meet the rest of the family and see its real face. But that's not all... as the movie progresses, you come to know the purpose with which Cyrus has come to Mumbai. There's one more plot running simultaneously in the movie... which is revealed only in the end... which was quite a surprise and something new. Definitely good for one time watch.Where the movie lags is its Hollywood style of story telling and editing, though I found it OK as I watch quite a few Hollywood movies, I don't think many ppl will enjoy it that much. Secondly, the movie is dark and does not tell the good vs evil kinda story... its really very different. Technically the movie is good but is confusing at times, especially the dream sequences and scenes that follow after first murder. Tough I liked the movie, I don't think many ppl will digest the theme, coz the movie is promoted as a movie telling tale of a Parsi family, but in the end its something different. Moreover a lot of things are told in 90 mins, that can leave the audience guessing at times...N honestly speaking, the Fat inspector was not at all required, they cud have done with a normal size Cop who speaks a bit less. I guess the director brought him in for some comic relief which I guess was not required... coz the movie was with its normal characters OK.If you want to try something different, watch it... its a good movie... but a bit twisted.