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The Accidental Prime Minister movie review: what 16 critics say

11 Jan 2019 · Directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte · Akshaye Khanna, Anupam Kher, Suzanne Bernert

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The Accidental Prime Minister has a Critic Score of 1.9/5 from 16 rated reviews; 3 recommend it. Critics are largely negative: 1 of 16 rated critics gave it 3.5 or more, 11 gave it 2 or less.

The Accidental Prime Minister critic reviews (16)

What critics say Critics are largely negative: 1 of 16 rated critics gave it 3.5 or more, 11 gave it 2 or less.

0.5of 5
The Indian Express · Shubhra Gupta

The Accidental Prime Minister movie cast: Anupam Kher, Akshaye Khanna, Vipin Sharma, Suzanne Bernert, Munish Bhardwaj, Arjun Mathur, Aahana Kumra The Accidental Prime Minister movie director: Vijay Ratnakar Gutte The Accidental…

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1of 5
Hindustan Times · Raja Sen

The one-sided intent of The Accidental Prime Minister may have appeared more insidious had it felt like an actual motion picture.

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0.5of 5
Film Companion · Rahul Desai

The film is so incompetently crafted, terribly performed and transparently petty that it isn't even pathetic enough to be panned as a "propaganda" movie

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2.5of 5
NowRunning · Manisha Lakhe

The film is shabbily made even though they get lots of cast to look like people in real life, and skims the events in Dr, Singh's work life. Is this a propaganda film?

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2of 5
Masala · Masala Reviewer

Frustrated with the interference from the Gandhis and the apparent unwillingness of Manmohan Singh to set the record straight, Baru resigns and writes his memoir, The Accidental Prime Minister (accidental as Singh never contested…

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2of 5
Deccan Chronicle · Suparna Sharma

The motive of this tacky, third-rate propaganda piece is all too apparent in the story it wants us to go home with.

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1.5of 5
NDTV · Saibal

However, the impact of Manmohan Singhs actions on the junta is never really shown beyond a newsroom debate and a few newspaper headlines.

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2.5of 5
Sify · MovieBuzz Reviewer

The Accidental Prime Minister, at its core, stages itself as a relationship of two men beset by palace politics in the world's largest democracy.

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1.5of 5
News18 · Rajeev Masand

Its hard to say what is more embarrassing in the film The Accidental Prime Minister its content or its craft.

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2of 5
Firstpost · Udita

The intent of the film is less confused than the direction, with the timing of the release (in election year), the selection of a book disavowed by the Singh family and Congress party, and a blatant disregard for a…

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2of 5
Koimoi · Umesh Punwani

All said and done, this political-drama neither has much politics nor has an authoritative drama.

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1of 5
India Today · Samrudhi Gosh

Vijay Ratnakar Gutte's The Accidental Prime Minister is so unsubtle in its disdain for the Nehru-Gandhi family and the Congress, that it could almost pass off as a creation of the social media cell of the ruling party.

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2of 5
FilmiBeat · Madhuri

In one of the scenes in Vijay Gutte's The Accidental Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh (Anupam Kher) asks his media advisor Sanjaya Baru (Akshaye Khanna) why he's doing so much of drama.

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3of 5
Khaleej Times · Ambica

Our only grouse would be that the movie might be a bit tedious for those with no political know-how of the goings on in the Congress party. But that should not stop you from watching the movie.

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3.5of 5
The Times of India · Ronak

However, the impact of Manmohan Singhs actions on the junta is never really shown beyond a newsroom debate and a few newspaper headlines.

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3of 5
DNA · Meena Iyer

For those of us who have actively followed the regime of Dr Manmohan Singh, one of the most honest Prime Ministers India, this movie serves up as a reminder of how “unhappy” this financial and economic whiz was in his chair as…

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