39 reviewers have given Rustom
an average rating of 1.8/5.0 (?)
6 yays
17 nays
16 so-so
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quick review:
No sizzling plot, just a simmering one let down even more by how the big reveal is revealed.
Thumbs down
by Anna Vetticad,
annavetticadgoes2themovies
...This is genuinely sad because if you sift out the frills, the faff and the chaff in Rustom, the pivotal plot is actually interesting and could have made for a solid thriller....
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by Baradwaj Rangan,
Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express
...Vaguely watchable, and that may be overstating it ...
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by Bobby Sing,
Bobby Talks Cinema.com
...what we get to see in the tediously long RUSTOM is a strong potential base of a ‘significant court case’ converted into a comedy, making no effort to enlighten the viewers about how it became a reason for ‘the landmark change’ in the judicial system of our country ‘abolishing the jury system’...
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Bolly Spice
... The newspaper man Billimoria, enacted by Kumud Mishra plays his small yet key role conveniently well....
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Bollywood Hungama
...RUSTOM comes across as a well crafted crime thriller that meets expectations....
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So-So
by Sreeju Sudhakaran,
Bollywood Life
...Akshay Kumar is terrific in this average courtroom drama!...
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So-So
by Criselle Lobo,
BookmyShow
...You don’t get to see the actor play such roles every day and his performance is what makes Rustom worth a watch. ...
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So-So
by Mehul Thakkar,
Deccan Chronicle
...avan Malhotra, who played Lobo,an investigating officer, delivers a fine performance and justifies his screen time. ...
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by Ameet bhuvan,
Desi Martini
...There is however some unintended hilarity in there, that keeps one amused for some time. However, this is not enough to sail the movie through. ...
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So-So
by Yatharth Chauhan,
Desi Martini
...Popcorn entertainment...
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by Smita Vyas Kumar,
Desi Martini
...Mohenjo Daro is confused about whether it is set in the Indus Valley or somewhere in Egypt with all that dark eye make-up or in Rome with the gladiator fight....
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So-So
by Sidhant Shori,
Desi Martini
...ohenjo Daro is an ambitious film and deserves credit for it....
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by Ameet Bhuvan,
Desi Martini
...This Should Never Have Been Made ...
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by Sarita Tanwar,
DNA
...Thoroughly absorbing and surprisingly entertaining., check it out....
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So-So
by Rachit Gupta,
Filmfare
...he movie employs a lot of CGI to recreate an authentic period feel. That coupled with the entertainment value does make Rustom a decent watch. ...
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by Anna Vetticad,
FirstPost
...Akshay Kumar’s performance is more trying-to-be-intense than intense, which is disappointing coming in the same year as his quietly dignified turn in Airlift. ...
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Free Press Journal
...The screenplay lacks cohesiveness, camerawork can’t hide the crumbliness of this endeavour ...
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by Rustom Jaiwantika Dutta-Dhupkar,
fullhyd.com
...The scenes which show the jury squabbling are probably meant to prove what a "buzz" the case had generated, but they lack focus. ...
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So-So
by Vishal Verma,
Glamsham.com
...RUSTOM would have been much better if the makers have had stuck to the basic plotline inspired from the 'real' incident ...
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by Rohit Vats,
Hindustan Times
...Though part of the story is based on fact, it’s the relationship drama that actually makes this a thriller....
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by Suprateek Chatterjee,
Huggington Post
...It's a horrible, indigestible mixture — like a school play with an out-of-control budget....
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by Rajeev Masand,
IBN Live
...The first half of the film has a few interesting moments, but director Tinu Suresh Desai spends ways too much time setting up the affair ...
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So-So
by Ananya Bhattacharya,
india today
...Akshay Kumar brings KM Nanavati back to life...
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by Shubhra Gupta,
indian express
...dreary piece of work...
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So-So
Indicine
...Vfx is awful and messy...
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So-So
by Surabhi Redkar,
koimoi
...a one-time watch...
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by Uday Bhatia,
Live Mint
...closely mirrors the Nanavati case but fails to capture its complexities ...
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So-So
by Shaheen Parkar,
MiD DAY
...Akshay is yet again at his peak, choosing a film that gives him enormous scope to perform. ...
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by Jaidev Hemmady,
Movie Talkies
...umar looks dashing in his Navy uniform and is dignity personified as the gallant Navy officer, who apologizes to a female witness before shredding her testimony on cross-examination. ...
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So-So
by Kunal Guha,
Mumbai Mirror
...This one's worth a watch only for Akshay Kumar. But if you're looking for laughs, Esha Gupta could help too....
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So-So
by Saibal Chatterjee,
NDTV
... Rustom opts for a facile and melodramatic approach to the 1959 murder case. ...
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by Raja Sen,
Rediff
...You see, no possible fiction-based-on-fact disclaimer could have prepared me for the fact that Rustom is a parody....
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by Shilpa Jamkhandikar,
Reuters
...Desai’s film stays true to its time, at least on the surface – the clothes are poofy; the hair even poofier....
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So-So
by IANS,
Sify Movies
...Arjan Bawa as the manipulative and flamboyant Sindhi businessman, Vikram Makhija, essays his role convincingly....
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by Namrata Joshi,
The Hindu
...Too smug for comfort...
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So-So
by Renuka Vyavahare,
Times of India
...ustom lacks the unnerving tension exuded by well made courtroom dramas...
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by Karan Bali,
Upper Stall
...If at all anything works, then admittedly some of the courtroom drama does have its playing to the gallery moments and they work in their own corny way. ...
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So-So
by Rummana,
yahoo! India
...Akshay Kumar as Commander Rustom Pavri is flawless but he is let down by a script that is just not robust enough to support this portrayal....
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by Raghav Jaitly,
ZEENEWS.COM
...intriguing to the core!...
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39 Critic Reviews
1.8/5.0
3 Reader Reviews
3/5.0
30 Tweet Reviews
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Running time: 150 minutes
Reviewer: meeta
Language:
Hindi
Country:
India
Genres:
Thriller