October Movie Review
13 Apr 2018
October movie review: what critics say (21)
What critics say Critics are mostly positive with reservations: 14 of 21 rated critics gave it 3.5 or more, 1 gave it 2 or less. Praised: the performances.
...this is the sort of film that will divide audiences – for some, it will play as painfully pretentious. For others, it will evoke a depth of emotions. I belong to the latter.
Read the full reviewOctober is the month when the sweet-smelling flower, known as parijat, shiuli, harsingar, night jasmine or prajakta, enters bloom.
Read the full reviewDirector Shoojt Sircar's October is a poignant tale about love and hope, where Shiuli or night Jasmine flowers, which are perfumed and spread their fragrance everywhere and abound in autumn, is cleverly used as a metaphor to…
Read the full reviewShoojit Sircar has managed to turn a singing, dancing, goofball called Varun Dhawan and shown us that the lad can get the audience to cry and laugh and be on his side.
Read the full reviewOctober is not a usual film. We might even question what bonded the two lead characters. Some of the scenes are extremely sluggish. Yet the film moved me to tears multiple times.
Read the full reviewOctober is about love, of course. But more than that, it's about the inevitable grief that love leads to.
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What we know
Dan, a 21-year-old carefree boy is always surrounded by a bunch of friends and fellow hotel interns who feed off each other's everyday moments, their ups and downs. Shiuli is also an intern working in the same hotel, who at times is at a receiving end of Dan's audaciousness. Everything was normal in their life until a sudden turn of events smashes Dan and Shiuli's lives together, into a bond.
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Cast and crew
Varun DhawanDan
Banita SandhuShiuli
Gitanjali RaoProf. Vidya Iyer
Sahil VedoliyaaManjeetWhere to watch in India
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Box office
Day-wise India net starts on 13 Apr 2018. Advance booking and every day's figure are on the box office page.
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Questions
Is October worth watching?
Critics rate it good: 3.5 out of 5, with 18 of 21 critics recommending it.
When did October release?
13 Apr 2018.
Who is in the cast of October?
Varun Dhawan, Banita Sandhu, Gitanjali Rao, Sahil Vedoliyaa, Isha Chaturvedi, Prateek Kapoor, Iteeva Pandey, Karamveer Kanwar.
Who directs October?
Shoojit Sircar.
What do critics say about October?
21 critic reviews are on this page, with a Critic Score of 3.5 out of 5. Each one shows the critic, a short excerpt and a link to the full review.
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