Thank You (2011)

Strong and Moving!

Fresh and Exciting

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Memo to self: avoid at all costs any film directed by Anees Bazmee.If you look at his filmography as a director, after some promising films early on in his career, he has turned out some incredibly trite rubbish. The last decent film he did was probably No Entry but since then it has been a downward spiral of rubbish culminating in Thank you and Ready. It is hard to know which is worse.His record as a writer is probably even worse than his record as a director, so this film suffers the double whammy of tremendously poor direction and a tremendously poor script. Whoever pegged this film for production must have had rocks in their head. The whole film dies by its awful script. Unbelievable, contrived rubbish that gave the actors (using the term very loosely) anything to work with.The one thing that Akshay Kumar does not need is poor material to work with. Nowadays he struggles with even good material - with bad material the "acting" is reduced to tear-inducing cringe-worthy awfulness. Not that Akshay is the only culprit here.Sonam Kapoor might be high up in the eye-candy stakes but as an actor she needs good direction. Suffice to say that it is sadly lacking here and so her performance ends up almost like a melodramatic parody. Now don't get me wrong, I like Sonam and she has done some decent stuff but I fear that this represents a very bad choice for her acting career.Of the rest, I sort of get the impression that Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan and Sunil Shetty were simply going through the motions for a pay check. They are competent enough but these are performances certainly not worthy of their talents.So basically, bad direction, lousy story, mediocre at best acting, what else could be wrong? Well, put it this way, when the cameos by Vidya Balan and Mallika Sherawat to a lesser extent are the highlights, then pretty much everything.All in all an extremely poor film in nearly every respect and one not worthy of even catching for fans of the leads. Avoid at all costs would be the only way to describe this (3/10 score simply because its got the cameos from Vidya Balan and Mallika Sherawat - without them it would be 1/10 at best).

this something by Anez Bazmee that's not boring or trash like no problem. thank you is good movie for fun & some time pass.Irrfan Khan,Akshay Kumar,Suniel Shetty & Bobby Deol are funny . also the girls Rimmi Sen,Sonam Kapoor & Celina Jaitly looking hot.the story of 3 men who are womanizers & cheats on their wife,when they get caught in the act. then their wives hires a detective .the detective then gets involved & then a game of craziness starts.the soundtrack is amazing by Pritam i love Pyar do Pyar lo,Razia & the whole soundtrack is amazing i love all the songs.its a fun filled comedy with some madness,film was shot in Canada it looks cool.this is the 3rd funniest film of Akshay Kumar after Hera Pheri & Garam Masala.overall verdict is that this is all time favorite watch..you wont regret.my rating is 5/10 watch it & don't listen to the bad reviews & critics..this movie rocks

Hail Irrfan Khan and his comic timing.It's not thank you . it's re-entry. Just the same successful formula of 'no entry' has been repeated. While making a lol entertainer it goes beyond it realms and ridicules the sanctity of relationships and marriages. In it's account of relationships it seems to be very one sided. But an objective look at relationship can never be expected from Anees Bazmee. The movie does what was expected from it - makes you laugh real hard. A large share of laughs come for Irrfan's performance. He proves once again his mantle and versatility in acting. His comic timing is phenomenal. The kind which Akshay kumar once showed in Mujse shadi Karogi. But as it has been for quite some time his performance seems repetitive. As for others, bobby acts bad as usual, Suniel overacts as usual again. Sonam kaoor irritates with cardboard character. Reema sen surprises with her quirkiness. Celia jaitley is hardly there. Songs are just burden as usual yet again. The ending goes overboard and tries to make a pigheaded soulless movie into a serious inquisition into relationships and fails miserably. The only low point of movie comes at the end.This movie just belongs to Irrfan's incredible comic timing and Anees Bazmee's ability to pen funny insincere jokes. A timepass. :)

In few words if I am asked to write about THANK YOU then I would say - There must be many young energetic directors working as under-employed or struggling on the roads of Mumbai for their one chance, capable of giving a much better movie than this present one coming from Aneez Bazmee. And why I am very much confident in this statement, that's because you cannot go more wrong than THANK YOU.In other words, in this net age of digital entertainment, it's a shame that our directors and producers still consider 'we viewers' as brain dead, desperate and silly to accept such kind of utter crap. What a waste of precious resources both for the makers and as well as the viewers?Sometimes I really feel confused that do these actors, directors or producers ever see their own self-made film in the theater before releasing it? And if they really do then Is there nobody who can tell them that what they have actually made and how its going to do at the box office? On second thoughts a film like THANK YOU clearly confirms that the Industry is full of mean and self-concerned persons who would never reveal you the real truth and would only appreciate you and your product at your face.Content wise, the film has nothing new in the name of a story and is mere an extension of films such as NO ENTRY, PARTNER & MASTI made on the subject of cheating husbands and their escape routes. So it's indeed very surprising that its whole team of writers and director decided to just repeat the subject and nothing else. In fact the opening few minutes are only ones when you enjoy the most and then the rest purely makes you repent. Besides the last moment addition to the script, where Vidya Balan comes in as a special appearance simply makes you think, "What the hell is happening?". Musically, it's a very average kind of score from the otherwise good Pritam, which also gets full support from some highly low standard and weird lyrics. Cinematography is nothing above the usual and background score doesn't give you anything to take notice of itself.In the acting department, there is only one saving grace of the movie and he is Irfan Khan, who remains the only person who is able to make you laugh at times and that's it. Other than Irfan the entire cast can easily put this film in the list of their worst choices made. Akshay seriously needs a break which specifically needs to be a more educative break for him where he should learn how to judge a product after having so much experience in the field by his side. I agree you cannot predict or judge a Hit, but you can surely sense a BAD film coming your way without any doubt. Though he looks smart and young in the film doing his role well, but unfortunately that is not enough for the audience who come to the theater with their own set of expectations. Supporting Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty tries very hard and Bobby Deol seems to be completely lost somewhere else.Among the ladies, it's the worst film of Sonam till date where she is really looking awful at places with very poor make up and looks. As reported in the news, she very much looks like ill and tired throughout the film. Celina Jaitely is hardly there in the movie but Rimi Sen gives her best to her allotted role. Both Mallika Sherawat in the item number and Vidya Balan in the climax are wasted and the film could have easily been made without their deliberate insertions.In all, after the end credits role, one starts thinking that the apt title of this film should have been SORRY instead of THANK YOU and I think that explains it all.