Hollywood Review: Preposterously entertaining
Thought exercise: Imagine Romeo and Juliet. Next, Bonnie & Clyde. Next, Thelma & Louise.OK. Now, reimagine all these doomed romantics on the same plate, add a dollop of Showgirls, a side of Dirty Dancing, a Scarface chaser and many, many, many Dukes of Hazzard car chases, and you have Kites, a Bollywood musical/gangster/melodrama romance in Hindi, Spanish and English.
Preposterous? Oh, yeah. Preposterously entertaining? You bet.
The principal attractions of this film are its gorgeous stars, Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan and Japanese-Uruguayan-Mexican bombshell Bárbara Mori, who have matching jade-green eyes and pearly smiles.
He is J, a Vegas salsa instructor fluent in Hindi. She is Linda, an illegal alien from Mexico who steals his heart. Both are engaged to the spoiled children of an Indian American casino mogul who makes Scarface look benign.
Tonally, the film from director Anurag Basu has more personalities than Sybil. Basu strictly observes the B-movie convention of giving the audience an embrace, explosion, or chase sequence at regular intervals. If you don't like the genre, wait three minutes.
-Philadelphia Inquirer
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May 22nd, 2010 - 07:55
we watched this movie and it was great!!! we give it a 10/10!!! we love you Barbara!!! we are latinas proud of you!! Hrithik is Hot and amazing!! you guys are amazing together!!!
May 23rd, 2010 - 14:23
I went and watched the movie. The movie was a treat. I came out feeling very good and laughing. Go see it.
May 25th, 2010 - 06:34
25th May 2010(12.03 pm) Tuesday
Hi Hrithik:
M very much xcited dat Kites has turned out to b d 2nd biggest grosser on the opening day after 3 idiots. Ur performance is d talk of d town. But d romance is not dat chilling as dat of in “Kaho Na Pyar” shot in the virgin locales of New Zealand with Amisha Patel. But dat was directed by ur highly talented director father Rakesh Roshan. There is a big difference between Rakesh Roshan and Anuraag Basu.Ur Dad knows the pulse of the public. Good Luck.
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