UrMovieReviewR

22 May 2012

a Fun Movie

Speedy Singhs is a smart little surprise package. It's a cheerful filmthat makes you smile with its subtle humor, its repartee-filledscreenplay, its deftness at handling the umpteen relationships and itsfinely-nuanced performances. Leading this pack of oddballs is RussellPeters who packs a punch as the offensive, scheming Punjabi groom whonot only wants the suitable Punjabi girl as his bride but also herdad's business which might just be handed over to the hockey enthusiastnephew, Rajveer. Rajveer, on his part, is equally charming as thedie-hard hockey player who smiles his way through all the lows andnever loses focus, not even when his dad throws him out of thehouse.But more than the performances -- and the hockey matches -- it isthe sundry relationships that form the core of the film. Rajveer'sunflinching bond with his family, his tentative romance with lawstudent Camille Bell, his highs and lows with coach Winters, hiscamaraderie with his team mates and his love-hate relationship withbro-in-law Russell Peters make for some compelling viewing. A littlemore spice and edge to the delineation of the game itself would havemade the film an action-packed adventure too. Nevertheless, SpeedySinghs, with a guest appearance by Akshay Kumar (as himself), is anentertaining watch. Its nothing special about this movie but still...Itkeeps smiles on your faces while watching it....Thumbs up for this entertainer..watch it!

Paul Ingram

22 May 2012

A fun warm movie!

This is a great little movie. Easy and fun to watch. It is cliché andpredictable at times, especially towards the end but that does not takeaway from the heart warming story that is at the core of this movie.The music is great and the few Bollywood type scenes add to the fun andfestivity of the movie. Vinay Virmani gives a great performance as doesCamilla Belle and Rob Lowe. The best performance of the show however is"the dad" Anupam Kher. His stern yet tender performance is believablefrom the very start of the movie. Russell Peters seemed a bit stiff andnot nearly as funny as his stand up but that does not slow down thismovie. A great popcorn movie.

harjotsandhu

18 May 2012

Watch it... Avoid it...

My rating and review is strictly based on dubbed Hindi version. There are two kind of audience to this movie. One, who have seenPatiala House(PH); and second, who have not. Movie carries a lot fromAkshay kumar's PH. Change the cast, remove cricket and add Ice hockey &insert a friendly uncle instead of cousins and you get Breakaway. It also carries the same flaws that PH had. The plot has so much todeal with that its neither a full patriotic sports movie like Chak de,India! nor a family/love story like PH or Apne. Most of the comicsituations are lost in translation. I hope that Russell peters' jokemust have been good because I couldn't get a laugh in dubbed version.Most disappointing fact was that someone else(probably Raju kher) didthe voice-over for Anupam kher.All in all watch it ONLY if you have access to Breakway and steer clearof Dubbed version, Speedy Singhs.

intelearts

18 May 2012

486th Review Bollywood on Ice, Actually a cute smart sports comedy

We liked Breakaway - sure it's pretty much lightweight sports comedybut its heart is the right place and it was fun.I guarantee this movie will be make it big, even if it's being treatedwith some disdain in Canada.Here's why:1. There's a reason why Russell Peters is currently the number oneselling comedian in the world. The global diaspora of Indianpopulations in the UK, the US, South Africa, Dubai, not to mentionIndia itself will buy this. 2. No other country on earth has as many cinemas and cinema goers (andnot downloaders, but real paying cinemas with seats and people) asIndia and they love movies that celebrate their culture abroad. 3. The UK has a huge following for Peters and this: Peters sold outWembley Stadium for three nights twice, and Indian TV is huge this isgoing to run and run on subscription TV channels forever. 4. It's a fun, innocent, sport movie - and people like thatworldwide...... I agree it may not be Canada's number one movie, but I think this ismarketing savvy and I bet you the receipts when added up in twelvemonths time make it the number one earner globally of any Canadianmovie of the year.......All in all if you like sports comedies like Men with Brooms and / orwhat an insight into Sikh culture in Toronto, while enjoying acompetent sports movie you could do much worse (now you can vote medown).....

Dennis Harvey

16 May 2012

There are no surprises here, with father-son crisis and reconciliation, scaled-down quasi-Bollywood production numbers and the climactic big game all arriving on cue.

bobbysing

16 May 2012

An un-necessary film with nothing but repetition.

Right from the day when the first look of the film was revealed, SPEEDYSINGHS failed to create any kind of excitement even in the northernPunjabi belt of the country due to its repeated, uninteresting andforced kind of content. There was nothing new in the storyline, nonovel idea to offer in the name of sports and no freshness in itslooks, concept or presentation.So, without going into its story details, which is easily predictable,I would like to share that whenever a movie like SPEEDY SINGHS comes,it simply forces me to think that there has to be some other fishyreason to make and spend time on such worthless projects. Becauseotherwise, there is no way, someone can think of making it with anykind of cinematic vision at all. In short, it's a silly mixture of allseen before sequences which do not give you even a single moment toenjoy in the whole film.Now, why Akshay Kumar associated himself with this and even produced itwith his full spirits again sends me into the suspicious zone. FranklyI think Akshay is now overdoing and dangerously playing with hispopular SINGH IS KINNG image in a very funny way. At times it becomesquite hilarious to see the desperation in his SIKH portrayal on thescreen with that entire fake make up. And with SPEEDY SINGHS he isagain going to experience failure, like his last unsuccessful venturePATAILA HOUSE based on an identical sports theme of Cricket. Hence itstime he switches on to a different fresh mode at the earliest.The film raises many valid interesting questions regarding its overusedplot and execution. Obviously the makers were not focused on the IndianMarket since they have chosen Ice Hockey in the script which is not asport played in our part of the world. So, Indian market was just goingto be a bonus for them in case the film was a HIT.But, I seriously couldn't understand why Akshay and Anupam Kher saidyes to the script, when they both had already done a similar movie inthe past dealing with two different sports. Surprisingly Anupam Kherplays an exactly identical role to what he played in Gurinder Chaddha'sBEND IT LIKE BECKHAM which revolved around Football. And Akshay himselfplayed the lead in recent PATIALA HOUSE which talked about a Punjabiunderdog player willing to play Cricket for England against the will ofhis father. Incidentally in that film too there was a sequenceexplaining Akshay's "Hair Cutting Act" as shown in SPEEDY SINGHS, whichhas been deliberately added only to satisfy the religious sentiments ofa particular section of viewers.Actually the film is called BREAKWAY in its original English title andis directed by Robert Lieberman, who amazingly uses all 'ages old'Indian ingredients for his foreign film. There is family drama, a loveangle, a group of friends as a team, a deliberately added Punjabi comiccharacter, and almost everything which we repeatedly see in all theRegional Punjabi films made nowadays. But the weakest part of SPEEDYSINGHS is that despite of being a Sports Film, it never offers a greatcrescendo kind of euphoria towards its end, featuring the obvious winof the SINGHS team. And the viewer keeps wondering, Is this really afilm written around an exciting sport?However, in case you loved its groovy track "Shera Di Kaum Punjabi",heavily promoted by Akshay himself, then I would like to comment thatSPEEDY SINGHS has simply got nothing even close to a Sher (LION), Speedor Sport. So better play an indoor game at home with your entire familyinstead of watching this un-necessary film in the theater.