Barfi! Movie Review

Barfi'! does take several brave strides. It's good in many ways; what stops it from being a great film is a degree of fuzziness, and an insistence on prettiness.Still, I'd weigh in on the film's side.

A well-crafted script with an intriguing back-and-forth narrative -- set in the present day, 1978 and 1972 -- Barfi!

This is a film made with love, bolstered by wonderfully etched vignettes, Ranbir Kapoor's stupendous performance and a gorgeous soundtrack by Pritam.

Sadly, Basu's film goes on too long and drags its feet in the end. Barfi had the potential to be great cinema, but as it stands it's a respectable film that's still better than a lot else you're likely to see.

Barfi! celebrates life without dismissing the dark passages and roadblocks that we often encounter as we travel through that craggy road to death.To be able to celebrate life so warmly and sensitively the filmmaker has to know…

The film has a heart and characters are eminently likable, but on the flip side, here we go - it is too self indulgent for its own good and clocks over two and a half hours. Towards the end you look at your watch more than once.