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Tumbbad
A (INDIA)
2018
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Positive Reviews
39
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.7
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3.0
Competently shot with a handheld feel, the film is given a swelling soundtrack by video game composer Jesper Kyd.
Screen Daily
4.5
The fairytale elements fall into place in a climax of real horror.
The Hollywood Reporter
4.0
Ideas like that make Tumbbad a real mind bender and the films top notch production design makes it a movie that truly reinvents the horror genre for I ..
2.5
An interesting movie and I do think its worthy of your time but its a long, long, movie about a moral that we all know we all know.
You Tube
3.5
Tumbbad is largely driven by stunning visuals and thats one of the reasons why your eyes never leave the screen even for a second.
FilmiBeat
3.0
This is not a horror movie, nor does it create a particularly substantial myth, but the little gothic details are delicious.
Hindustan Times
3.5
If you like watching horror films, you must book for this one right away.
Book My Show
3.5
If you like watching horror films, you must book for this one right away.
Book My Show
3.5
If you like watching horror films, you must book for this one right away.
Book My Show
3.5
Clearly, debutant director Barve has a distinct voice.Tumbbad is a gorgeous looking, intriguing morality tale which both entrances and repulses: its n ..
The New Indian Express
2.0
The religious aspects are entrenched in Hinduism with distinctly Indian environments and history impacting its characters recklessness, but thats all ..
The Film Stage
4.5
Director Rahi Anil Barve has fashioned a dark, violent, exquisitely realised world filled with strangeness.
Deccan Chronicle
3.5
Tumbbad has both, the beauty and horror of imagination, and it stalks you gently, long after youve left the theatre.
Deccan Chronicle
4.5
Also Read: The Haunting, Genre Bending Visions Of Tumbbad, And How It Came To Fruition Often, we see beating hearts engraved into rotting corpses.
Tumblr
4.5
Well, youve truly never seen anything like this before at least in Hindi cinema.
Tumblr
4.5
But again, technically speaking, Tumbbad which begins in 1918 and ends a little after Independence isnt exactly a horror movie.
Tumblr
4.0
Tumbbad offers a lot more than frights and fables! Its enriched with double edged family drama that prolongs the plot, but augments the horror with in ..
Hey U Guys
4.0
But by the end of its running time of about two hours, Tumbbad isnt just a clever, meaning making horror film.
Scroll
4.5
This is a fascinating rarely told story and it could only be given its due in a foreign market willing to take the narrative risk on something Hollywo ..
Film School Rejects
4.5
Its hard to put the film in a box or label it with a genre and that isnt really a bad thing.
Ib Times
3.5
Watch the film for its unique concept, spooky visuals and some superb acting.
FilmFare
4.0
Tumbbad is a stunning artistic achievement that closes on a slow motion escape aesthetically torn from Thor: Ragnarok (spellbinding, truly), stated as ..
Film
4.0
Its more like a ghoulish Panchatantra fable, a morality tale based on the works of Marathi horror writer, Narayan Dharap, and harking back to Mahatma ..
Film Companion
4.0
There is horror and fantasy.But the film also works as a grim morality tale.
Film Companion
3.0
The trick maybe is to digest Tumbbad as a dark bedtime story narrated by an orthodox Brahmin father to his kids every night. The morality and broadnes ..
Film Companion
3.5
Coming with a folkloric mythology invented, along with Hastar, from the ground up, the tripartite film carefully conceals its own mechanics, leading t ..
Scifi Now
2.0
While the arc of Vinayak Raos life resembles an epic, what we dont feel is the emotional rush of epic storytelling.
Rediff
3.0
The film is intriguing, sometimes even absurd, but youll glide through its 104 minute duration.Tumbbads biggest success is that it doesnt confine to a ..
News18
4.5
This story of a greed that stretches of eons and the way that it transforms and destroys the family burdened with it is a wonderfully fresh take on ho ..
Screen Anarchy
4.0
Indian horror cinema hasnt made much of an impression on American audiences over the course of its history, but a film like Tumbbad should aid the pro ..
Bloody Disgusting
3.5
Equally surprisingly understated are the performances of this excellent cast.
Firstpost
2.5
The hero of this film is a relentless gold digger. Very much on the lines of his modus operandi, the makers keep pursuing the film long after their cr ..
Times Now News
3.5
Its a big, bold idea that it doesnt entirely pull off, but you have to admire the ambition.If you have an appetite for the experimental, give this fil ..
Rajeev Masand
3.5
Never really a scary film, Tumbbad is more focused on the horror of human behavior than it is on creaking doors and the terror of what lurks in the da ..
Dread Central
3.0
Do these elements seamlessly add up for you to naturally feel for the characters in the story.Honestly, no. Does the incredibly strong visual craftsma ..
Mid Day
4.0
When you watch hundreds of movies every year, you just want a filmmaker to surprise you every now and again, and The Boat delivers up a few clever twi ..
Daily Dead
5.0
That doesnt mean all those negative legacies didnt carry forward.
Father Son Holy Gore
3.5
The story might not match the look, but protagonist Vinayak is worth your time.
Reuters
3.0
Leaving comedy horror and supernatural thriller behind, Tumbbad is one step ahead of promising new elements for its audience.
India Tv News
4.5
Its everything this genre feature should bescary, grisly and full of evil dread.
Live Mint
3.5
And if you survive the version of Beelzebub in this film, you surely have the liver for heart pounding horror.
Mumbai Mirror
1.5
The development is so basic at a conceptual level that one quickly loses interest.
Culturamas
3.5
Easily theres a philosophical synergy here with Gandhis ambitious film Ship of Theseus and his other works, even if the subject and genre are very dif ..
easternKicks.com
4.5
It wrenches the supernatural genre from its roots and transports it into a land so eerie and enchanting, I felt I was suspended between a startled sig ..
Financial Express
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