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CatchNews is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Rahul Desai.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Brahman Naman (2016) Rahul Desai A tonal overdose of empty retro male debauchery.
Posted Oct 19, 2022  Edit critic review
Rough Book (2015) Rahul Desai A simplistic, textbook interpretation...
Posted Jul 20, 2022  Edit critic review
Shorgul (2016) Rahul Desai An incoherent bastardization of Uttar Pradesh's darkest moment.
Posted Jul 20, 2022  Edit critic review
Sultan (2016) Rahul Desai An unusually ambitious Khan-daan marred by genre tropes.
Posted Jul 20, 2022  Edit critic review
Great Grand Masti (2016) Rahul Desai Three times zero is still zero.
Posted Jul 20, 2022  Edit critic review
Fly Away Solo (2015) Rahul Desai The filmmakers manage to create a space that puts you in their characters' places, leaving you to imagine the loss of your own loved ones.
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) Rahul Desai Director Guy Ritchie crafts a slick, enjoyable retro-funky barrage of musical-action set pieces.
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) Rahul Desai Harshaali Malhotra steals the show...
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) Rahul Desai I cannot begin to imagine what goes on in the expansive mind of S.S. Rajamouli. It's not often one sits through 160 minutes of an Indian period drama, and continues to sit hoping for the sequel to magically materialise on screen.
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015) Rahul Desai This Great Indian Biopic Syndrome strikes again with Manjhi - serial offender Ketan Mehta's third consecutive interpretation of real events...
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
Kaun Kitney Paani Mein (2015) Rahul Desai Kaun Kitney Paani Mein is a wry, dry and extremely cultured take on the age-old Indian cinema staple of rival villages, class wars, young star-crossed lovers and politics.
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
Ahalya (2015) Rahul Desai A perfect retelling of a myth that would appeal to the impatient netizen - a meaningful story told succinctly.
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
Welcome Back (2015) Rahul Desai It's not funny that able-minded humans spend 150 minutes demonstrating to us what a LSD-fueled midlife crisis would look like.
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
Phantom (2015) Rahul Desai Questionable ideals and Katrina Kaif make Phantom less than memorable.
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
Algorithms (2013) Rahul Desai Algorithms makes me wish I could play the game. More importantly, it demonstrates that, just like chess is about the mind, so is (dis)ability.
Posted Feb 11, 2019  Edit critic review
Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015) Rahul Desai All in all, this film is torturously dated, and runs far too long even as a glorified television episode.
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
The Intern (2015) Rahul Desai Nancy Meyers' movies are nice and feel-good, and so effortless that you wonder if she strives for more.
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
Calendar Girls (2015) Rahul Desai I wonder if any industry insiders care anymore that their lives are hung out to dry by one of their own chaps. And it's not even fun to watch.
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
All Is Well (2015) Rahul Desai ... just another formulaic comedy.
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) Rahul Desai Rogue Nation is the most interesting of the lot. It's smart - too smart and cocky at times - but how often can you say that about a non-Bond spy franchise?
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
Gour Hari Dastaan: The Freedom File (2015) Rahul Desai I'd like to believe in its authenticity, in its existence. The film, in a way, does its job.
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
Southpaw (2015) Rahul Desai The elements are nothing new - tragedy, champ-turned-chump, eccentric coach, and grandstanding finale.
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
Bangistan (2015) Rahul Desai It provides food for thought, but perhaps we're just tired of the same old food. Go the whole hog; give me a happy meal instead.
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
Drishyam (2015) Rahul Desai If you're comfortable(or unaware) about the ambiguous origins of Drishyam, buy half a ticket to watch the second half. Or perhaps ask your friend's friend to watch it and interpret the plot to you.
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
Tiger (2015) Rahul Desai Ambition on paper doesn't translate into thrills on screen.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
The Walk (2015) Rahul Desai I found myself treating my seat as if it were the balancing rod, peering over to look below; my shoulders and feet tightened with each immaculately filmed step. This is why we go to the movies.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Crimson Peak (2015) Rahul Desai The director commits to a full-bodied re-visualisation of the haunted-house genre. And fittingly, he succeeds, somewhat, in creating a gothic cathedral amidst an overpopulated landscape of modern skyscrapers.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
Pan (2015) Rahul Desai Even magic becomes predictable. And despite the innumerable set pieces, that's where Pan fails to sparkle.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Magnificent (2015) Rahul Desai It's a pity to see such a lazy, derivative, listless effort from a talented bunch of artists who're known to push the envelope.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
Jazbaa (2015) Rahul Desai By itself, Jazbaa is not a bad film. It's just really badly made. It is treated as more of an occasion than a film, more of a comeback vehicle than a kidnap drama
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
1/5
Wedding Pullav (2015) Rahul Desai Consistently bad...
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
Sicario (2015) Rahul Desai Far from the gritty hand-held treatment most cartel-themed sagas employ, Deakins' style means that Villeneuve can concentrate on his distinct grammar of storytelling.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (2015) Rahul Desai Pyaar ka Punchnama 2 rarely rises above being a wry assortment of self-aware caricatures. Times have changed.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Titli (2014) Rahul Desai Parul Sondh's production design is perhaps the film's most evocative character.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Main Aur Charles (2015) Rahul Desai A general sense of overambitious storytelling...
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) Rahul Desai Khan's career in the last decade has been an open-for-all, giant cleansing ritual. His formula of infusing philanthropy into performance arts has become insufferable to sit through.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Tamasha (2015) Rahul Desai Eventually, what starts out as a simple coming-of-age story, ends up as complex, multifaceted mission to brandish the virtues of storytelling.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Kajarya (2013) Rahul Desai Madhureeta Anand is probably different from the many storytellers hitching a ride on the women-empowerment bandwagon, but this film's form suggests otherwise.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Angry Indian Goddesses (2015) Rahul Desai At its core is the half-broken heart of an angsty, disruptive, take-no-prisoners crusader.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
0/5
Hate Story 3 (2015) Rahul Desai To state that Hate Story 3 is a bad movie would be offensive to the very soul of bad movies.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Chauranga (2014) Rahul Desai Certain images, a few characters, their sins, eyes, flaws and hypocrisies - they stay with you, despite being restrained by the kind of idealistic filmmaking only an impassioned debutant can produce.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Bajirao Mastani (2015) Rahul Desai Bhansali's imagery and craft are perhaps second to none, but his storytelling continues to resist evolution.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
1/5
Dilwale (2015) Rahul Desai Easily their most forgettable outing; one of the worst of 2015...
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Wazir (2016) Rahul Desai It is disheartening to begin 2016 like this. Fortunately, the only way from here is up.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Fan (2016) Rahul Desai The makers just can't resist the urge of "playing the game" (and then mentioning it, literally) - oversmart disguises, over-shoulder strides, anonymous phone calls, ignorant foreigners...
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Nil Battey Sannata (2015) Rahul Desai Choppy, predictable but fairly sweet and well-performed...
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Laal Rang (2016) Rahul Desai It swings, and misses a lot (ill-placed songs, Shankar's deformed love track, voice-overs, meandering drunk conversations), but comes around to recognizing its essence.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Saala Khadoos (2016) Rahul Desai These overcooked, manufactured emotions are redundant layers in context of typical underdog stories. Saala Khadoos is everything that is wrong with this genre.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Ghayal Once Again (2016) Rahul Desai Ghayal Once Again isn't simply Ghayal all over again. Amidst its goofy modernisations of lawlessness, there's an embattled Ajay Mehra - who is now more Batman than Salman.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Kaafiron Ki Namaaz (2013) Rahul Desai This film comes across as the kind of verbose play or minimalist painting designed to be incomprehensible enough to attract applause from unsuspecting purists. But that doesn't automatically mean it's clever. Not my cup of kahwa, this.
Posted Feb 07, 2019  Edit critic review
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