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Jail
U/A (INDIA)
2021
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Positive Reviews
9
Negative reviews
17
Average Rating
2.3
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2.0
The filmmaking grows ever limper and less urgent, climbing down gears to leave the engine idling at many of the moments when it really needs to accele ..
Telegraph
1.5
The characters are too generic to power a good love story and the plots big unhappy turn is so arbitrary that you wonder if the writers had a list of ..
The Times
4.5
In simple terms Madhur Bandharkar stuns us with a riveting testimony of Jailhouses enigmatic day to day life.
indiaglitz
2.0
Bibi suspects hes up to no good, begs him to stop whatever it is hes up to, and Gigi makes the classic Hollywood promise: one last job.
The Guardian
2.0
Whilst far from an outright disaster, Racer and the Jailbird fails to satisfy on any level: its female lead is a passenger, its romance is lacklustre ..
Flim List
1.5
Jail isnt exactly worried about infusing characters with strength or personality.
The New Indian Express
3.0
What ought to have been a sleek romantic heist movie is soon overcomplicated by a dizzying number of plot developments.
The Irish Times
2.5
GV Prakash film doesn't live up to its potential
Firstpost
2.0
Painfully serious and unintentionally silly, this is self indulgent filmmaking at its worst, and a frustratingly boring attempt at reinventing the neo ..
Lw Lies
1.5
But here, some characters dont have enough flesh in them, making the story weak.
BehindWoods
3.0
The two leads are excellent, and though the film stalls a little in the second half, there are some good heist scenes.
Independent Ie
4.5
The movie is, in any case, very enjoyable, while personally and visually very energetic.
1.5
If its going for all of that, it doesnt do much to command investment.
Film Companion
2.5
There are stupendous performances, but what intended to be an unexpected story winds up being fatal for the film.
2.5
But the second half, designed to give Exarchopoulos more to do, doesnt serve her character or the story whatsoever.
Spectrum Culture
1.5
The difference is that Jail s intention isnt to villianise slum dwellers.
The Hindu
2.0
An exhausting experience
Cinema Express
3.0
In a nutshell, JAIL mirrors a reality in true Madhur Bhandarkar style.
Bollywood Hungama
1.5
But overall this is an odd film, with a last act that doesnt fit; and tonally its a very mixed bag.
Caution Spoilers
3.0
A film that brings together elements of a thriller and the romantic melodrama.
Enfil Me
0.5
Jail isnt exactly worried about infusing characters with strength or personality.
Cinema Express
1.5
Whats unfortunate is that this side of things isnt fully explored.
VultureHound
4.5
Racer and the Jailbird is an unabashedly personal work... Roskams everything but the kitchen sink approach is, more often than not, beautifully melanc ..
Sd City Beat
3.0
Its spectacular fast revving plot is suddenly wrenched into a seemingly endless, unfocussed, lower and more serious gear.
Dogandwolf
1.5
Henceforth, this movie fails to enliven our movie watching experience.
Latestly
2.3
Jail falls flat on emotions and engagement! A disappointment from Vasanthabalan!
Galatta
2.0
Jail doesnt score high even on that note though it had tremendous scope to have an assortment of side characters.
The Economic Times
1.5
Its an interesting setup, but the films compelling first half completely falls apart in the overwrought second, as Roskam shifts gears into a full blo ..
Rochester City Newspaper
2.5
Jail is an underwhelming, in-your-face message movie
Times Of India
3.0
Racer and the Jailbird is overly long and overly melodramatic... But the pivotal heist scenes are exciting and Schoenaerts and Exarchopoulos have terr ..
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