Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Sherazade I saw a recent interview with Lisa Ray in which she stated that upon meeting Bollywood heartthrob John Abraham (her co-star in 'Water'), she never really expected much of him as an actor. Well Lisa, you aren't exactly Meryl Streep yourself. As a matter of fact, you ain't even a Jennifer Lopez. The nerve of this woman to believe that she is much of an actress just because she speaks English clearer than most other Indian actresses or the fact that she was born in Canada? Please! Right off the bat, I can name 5 actresses from India who could act circles around you starting with your contemporaries Rani Mukherjee, Kajol her cousin, Tabu, Preity Zinta and even Aishwarya Rai! Next time Miss Ray, refrain from thinking low of others because even John Abraham has got a better acting range than you! Only God knows what has got her thinking that she is to be considered something of a great actress enough to put others down.Phew! glad I got that off of my chest. Now to the drastic pseudo-spoof of a film! Deepa Mehta embarrasses herself as she attempts to poke fun at Bollywood and Hollwood clichés (she has the audacity to do so because she is the director of such internationally acclaimed profound stunner-s as 'Fire', 'Earth' and the most recent 'Water'). Her Hollywood scapegoat is 'Pretty Woman' starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere (Okay, I'm fine with Rahul Khanna in the Gere role but Lisa Ray's asthmatic-like acting makes Julia Roberts seem like Bette Davis), and her Bollywood scapegoat is a toss up, I narrowed it down to 'Chori Chori' starring Rani Mukherjee and Ajay Devgan (Okay it's a long road from Ajay Devgan to Rahul Khanna but at least he's closer than Miss Ray is to Rani Mukherjeee who is in the stratosphere in comparison). Khanna's character is the first son of a dysfunctional but very wealthy NRI family living in Ontario, Canada. One day he brings home a Gori (Hindi for White Girl) and his family flips. They succeed is scaring the poor girl off and Khanna's character's mum threatens to put off his sister's wedding if he doesn't find an Indian girl to marry ASAP. Frustrated, Khanna's character goes to a bar where his meets Sue/Sunita (Ray's character) with whom he strikes an agreement for her to pretend to be his fiancé. Ray plays Sunita like a wooden recent graduate from the Angelina Jolie school of drama and performing arts. It's either that or she has just seen way too many Angelina Jolie movies.Every cliché and stereotype imaginable is employed before this film is over and not a moment too soon.Akshaye Khanna shows up half way through, playing a spoof-like version of himself. The only thing bearable about this film are the songs, especially the Sonu Nigam ones. Oh! and Mehta forgot to spoof the playback singers! perhaps it's because she needed them to make her film look lively and sound good. Hmmm!

anhedonia About an hour into "Bollywood/Hollywood," Rahul (Rahul Khanna) tells Sue (Lisa Ray), "You're so unpredictable." Really? Because there's nothing she does in the film, and nothing in writer-director Deepa Mehta's script, that's even remotely unpredictable. Sue's about as unpredictable as the sunrise.The premise: Forced to find a nice Indian bride before his sister gets married, westernized Rahul Seth meets Sue in a bar. And in a deal stolen right out of "Pretty Woman" (1990), she agrees to pose as his bride in order to satisfy his mother.Well, it doesn't take a genius to figure out what will happen.It's obvious Mehta set out to make a lighthearted parody of romantic comedies and meld the genre into the suddenly popular Bollywood movies. I enjoy good Bollywood films. But in trying to find the best of both worlds, Mehta falls horribly short.The romantic-comedy aspect of the story doesn't work because the characters aren't all that interesting. The outcome's a foregone conclusion and both Khanna and Ray have such poorly defined characters that, although they look nice, there's nothing beneath the surface. Ray has screen presence to spare. But Mehta needed to give the poor girl a stronger role.The film's Bollywood angle does worse. What's fun about good Bollywood movies is that their songs are peppy and the song-and-dance sequences are fun to watch. Here, there's just one song-and-dance number - Sue's routine - that comes close to emulating a Bollywood number. The rest are unimaginative and completely forgettable.Mehta tries to gently poke fun of and respect Bollywood films and Indian culture. Unfortunately, she does a lousy job straddling that fine line. Subplots and characters, including a bit about men in drag and a grandmother who quotes Shakespeare, make no sense and one female character keeps popping up in various scenes repeating the same line of dialogue: "What a bunch of losers." Why? Mehta also tries to capture the Bollywood essence with some ridiculous supertitles, including one during a kiss that says, "Kiss to end all kisses. No debate." It's a horrid, desperate attempt at humor, trying to force laughs out of us because nothing in her story makes us chuckle.Intermingling western and eastern genres could have made for a fun, exotic, unpredictable film. But Mehta doesn't seem to quite know what she's doing. I'm certain the initial idea sounded terrific and the film likely looked good on paper. But it suffers when translated on to the screen."Bollywood/Hollywood" is the kind of film that makes "The Guru" (2002) seem like a masterpiece.

Shirin-3 I am a fan of satire, and this movie has not been appreciated for what it is - a spoof, not only of the high flying Bollywood musicals with weeping widows and on-cue dance routines in full costume but it is also a subtle rendition of Shakespeare's own comedy plays of mistaken identities and the "play within the play" feature which was witfully alluded to by the comic relief Indian Grand-ma in sneakers who bemoans "All the world's a stage" often enough to wrangle out a grin. I found it delightful and light which doesn't disappoint in wrenching out a smug smile and leaving one feeling good. Much needed therapy for all sub-continents nowadays. Don't expect Bollywood - or even Hollywood - when settling back to take in the action as it flies at you full throttle - but a magical space in between in suspended disbelief.

zainfazal3000 I hated this movie it was predictable and cliche the sad thing was it was deliberate! This movie had no originality what so ever poor acting very poor production values (The whole movie looks like it was shot in one day) annoying characters (I wanna kill that stupid grandma and what kind of Indian grandma quotes Shakespare? It just looks like no real effort or thinking went into this film It was intended to be a funny spoof of bollywood culture I thought it was just lame and cheesy even the cameo appearance made by Aksahye Khanna couldn't give it any redeeming qualities 3/10