Playing for Keeps [ 2012 ]

                                | Dozy scenario |

Playing for Keeps is a Rom - Com starring Gerard Butler & Jessica Biel in the lead characters. The sweetie Noah Lomax is their little soccer kid where all the story lies. Director Gabriele Muccino fails this time to survive at the BO. His past HITS ' The Pursuit of Happyness ' and ' Seven Pounds ' along with Will Smith were worth notifying. But this time Robbie Fox ( Writer, So I Married an Axe Murderer ) fails to hand his notion pre-eminently. The film is painfully stereotyped that has a dozy impact on the spectators the minute it flashes. Probably, the film won't pay you correctly for the tickets rather due to its mere low entertainment value and a moulded hot jumble.

Playing for Keeps fails to present most likable womens viz. Judy Greer, Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta Jones wasting their possibilities and abilities showing how happy Butler is, in bed with all the former ladies having Biel as the exception. Butler as in PS I Love You had embraced his acting powers at his best misses this year.

George ( Butler )  is a former soccer champion also a divorced ( with Biel ) having their nine year old child ( Noah Lomax ) tries to move closer to his family. He becomes the coach of his son's soccer team to procure his life back on track by sleeping with the mother's of the kids in the soccer team. As usual Stacy ( Biel ) gets closer to George getting familiar incidents to occur and ending with a soppy finale forecasting you to believe in the power of LOVE. Playing for Keeps fails to put in the power into the film as Muccino did in ' The Pursuit of Happyness ' demonstrating his skills at rom com ciné.


The Rating :

Talaash [ 2012 ]

Suspicious and subtlety Sentimental !

         


' Talaash '  is Bollywood thriller shot by flair under the direction of Ms. Reema Kagti casting the power trio Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee. Rather than taking all the names its just Aamir who delivers his films building it to be genuine and compelling. U. Mohanan, the cinematographer gives a Mumbai-noir moodiness beaming it in emotional verisimilitude. Ram Sampath, music composer, does the trick here to safekeep the people in line by his soundtracks, protecting the atomsphere of the plot preserving it to be drenched thoroughly. Ms. Kagti shooted some scenes taking the help of camera and visual tricks making Aamir look more stunning ( tall though ).


The story line is unfortunately very simple to understand, a car at night in Worli area loses its control ( driver ) collides on the foot-path and splashes into the sea apparently killing the driver who ends to be a famous actor ( last name, Kapoor, of course ). The case seemingly lands into the hands of Inspector Shekhawat ( Aamir Khan ), dealing with cloudy hustlers, a fascinating hooker ( Kareena Kapoor ), staggering mawaali Timur ( Nawazuddin Siddiqui) who repels your sympathy and a depressed wife ( Rani Mukherjee ). The former after her post disgusting distasted ' Aiyaa ' shakes her butt off here, appears in void makeup. Talaash is a film where the lead hero has to fight with his inner demons too solving the puzzled case. Some scenes are shot in red-light areas gaining the film to get more spectators to watch. Kareena being the red-light girl sways anticipating her role. She is a Sex-Bomb as never before.

Farhan Akhtar ( producer and the director of the generation-shifting hit Dil Chahta Hai ) has already worked with Mr. Khan in DCH, makes it again. Anurag Kashyap and Zoya Akhtar ( the writer department ) choose a mind boggling and imposing story and Kagti captures every little moment of it unlike anyone in the B- Town. There are few crude, dilapidated scenes, one of which is the scene where the actors can't bring to terms each other making their hazy souls to the make up and embrace each other.  As showcased in the trailers the film is not so catchy and intelligent and holds a mere corny twist.


The climax is good and holds a stereotypical finale however the film is fairly gripping. It's very much a Hindi film, but amended and expressed in a view and style. But if you are looking for an Action-packed film then this is not a movie to be watched.

( Published at Desimartini.com )