Such mindless garbage. Why, Akshay, why!

I liked it! And the background score is just fabulous. Just in tune with my holiday mood.

John Grisham’s writing is extremely terse..I lost interest in the tale even before I was half way through. But I ploughed through it, and oddly enough I like it now that I’ve finished the book.

I looked at the summary at the back of the DVD and thought that it would be one of those mindless comedies set in a prison but Greenfingers surprised me as a very sensibly and a sensitively made movie. I think Clive Owen is brilliant as the brooding, repenting but reserved inmate who turns over a new leaf slowly.

Mixed feelings about the movie. It’s hard to dislike animated movies like this because all of them have these funny, goofy and witty characters who all look adorable but at the same I have become less forgiving when it comes to the story/concept..

I’m waiting for the sequel though this winter.

A silly stupid movie if you really think about it very hard. But I wasn’t. I just wanted a laugh the day I saw this movie, and that’s what I got. And of course, I’ll never watch it again tho.

Guess it’s time that I stopped watching movies just because Amitabh Bachchan stars in it, because he can make some very bad choices.

Having read the book about five years back, I had been wanting to watch this movie for a long, long time.

On its own merit, the movie is excellent. I am so accustomed to seeing Whoopi Goldberg playing flashy or hyperactive roles, the innocence and humility of Celine that Whoopi plays to such perfection is a revelation.

But the movie pales in comparison to its source. I know that its not fair that I expect a book to be condensed into a two hour movie and stay true to it, but I can’t help it. This book is one of my favourite books, and I felt that the movie did not carry the essence of what the book was trying to say. A friend of mine with whom I watched the movie suggested that had a female director made the movie, it would have turned out different. I am not sure about that but I do think that the movie is a good story/cinematic treat but the lack of character development and emotional depth is very obvious.

I liked this movie but I wasn’t just blown away by it.

If Irish accents counted, I’d give the movie a 5 out a 5. But unfortunately, this sentimental two hour tragi-comedy has nothing worthwhile in it that I could rave about. Hillary Swank is a favourite of mine, and I love her in most of the stuff she chooses to act in, but am not sure what apart from her in this movie is special.

What a delightful interpretation of history! I don’t think I have enjoyed romance on-screen ever as much as in this movie (maybe in Mughal-e-Azam). Ashutosh Gowariker’s vision and treatment of the movie is worth applauding. Being so used and almost numb to melodrama and tearjerker romances, this is indeed refreshing.

One thing about India period dramas is that somehow directors and cinematographers focus on opulence of interiors, jewels and outdoors but this film is so much human, the focus is on the characters themselves instead of how much was spent making them look like the characters.

Beautiful songs, great chemistry between the character and an effortlessly entertaining movie! I highly recommend. Don’t be fazed by the length of the movie..you won’t realize how time passes.