thoda pyaar thoda magic - To Each His Own
31st July 2008 | posted in External Reviews, Hindi Movies, meetu |Looks like youre new here. You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Meetu’s Review: Though I have huge complaints in most departments, I can’t deny that it’s perfect packaging for kids in the 3-12 age group. With hardly any “sad” moments, the characters are mostly colorful and chirpy. But, given my reservations, should I actually encourage my kids to watch this when not too long ago Taare Zameen Par was around? Oh, why not? There’s enough room for everybody.
Rating: Wait for video release - no kids for company? Skip it!
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Here is what 20 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 2.9 / 5.0: 9 thumbs up, 5 so-so, 6 thumbs down.
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| Naresh Kumar Deoshi, Apun Ka Choice …the tear-jerking scenes in TPTM don?t pinch you like other run-of-the-mill sob tales… See full review |
Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express …And all the real bring-out-the-handkerchief moments are inexplicably tossed off like afterthoughts…. See full review |
| Gaurav Sharma, Bollywood Mantra …To extract acting from the four children is a mammoth task but Kunal through his frankly nature brought out the desired work from them…. See full review |
Fatema H Kagalwala, Business of Cinema …employs every cliche in the telling a story that has been done and redone in various forms across the world…. See full review |
| Martin D’souza, Glamsham.com …this film is based on kids, and it cuts across all age groups…. See full review |
Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times …Why did the tempo drag so much that you nearly fell asleep on the shoulder of a stranger in the next seat?… See full review |
| Rajeev Masand, IBN Live …Simplistic in its premise and basic in its treatment, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic is what you could call a ‘by-the-book’ children’s film…. See full review |
Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM …music is a letdown, barring just one track, ‘Pyaar Ke Liye’…. See full review |
| Savio Zacharia, Indiaglitz …It?s a treat to see a simple Saif unlike the usual cool funky Saif…. See full review |
Renuka Vyavahare, indiatimes …The climax of the film could have been more effective but that doesn?t take away anything from the movie…. See full review |
| Janhvi Patel, indya.com …In fact Rani and Saif’s role although central to the film would probably fall in the supporting cast role… See full review |
Movie Talkies …Ameesha turns in a superb performance in the cameo as Mallika…. See full review |
| Mayank Shekhar, NDTV …The humour is so forced at least I didn’t find myself laughing at any moment…. See full review |
Lidia Ostepeev, Planet Bollywood …Perhaps the necessity of using expensive LA locations to maximum effect has contributed to an imbalance because the film seems to lose its focus…. See full review |
| Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam …Saif Ali Khan is a misfit for this role…. See full review |
Raja Sen, Rediff …a serviceable children’s film, with excellent special effects used haphazardly… See full review |
| SearchIndia.com …Zyada Garbage, Zero Magic… See full review |
Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies …what redeems the film is its sparkling performances…. See full review |
| Kavita Ogale, Times Now …unexciting & rather shamefully uncreative piece of work… See full review |
Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India …Saif’s good, Rani’s commendable, but the show stealers are the babalog… See full review |