JOKER movie review: This clown fails to make you laugh!
Shirish Kunder’s madcap alien saga is so appalling that it can easily be called the joke of the year….and a bad one!
We are curious to know what was going on in Shirish Kunder’s over-the-top filmi mind when he decided to make Joker. Perhaps he was directing a school play for a bunch of fifth graders for an annual function. And maybe Kunder was so impressed by his own indulgence that he decided to portray the same story on the big screen with Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Shreyas Talpade at the helm of the whole sadly sorry affair.
So you have an Indian American scientist called Agastya (Akshay Kumar), who is on visit to his native place of Paglapur with his girlfriend (Sonakshi Sinha). The village is filled with mad-mad people who can drive you nuts with their antics. And no matter how hard director Kunder tries to make them look funny, this bunch of buffoons comes across as outright repulsive.
Agastya discovers that Paglapur is so remote and so alienated from the real world that it is not even on the map. The place lacks basic facilities like drinking water and electricity. Agastya decides to improve things for the locals by creating a hoax of an alien invasion, just to attract the world’s attention to Paglapur. Unfortunately, Agatsya’s nemesis, an undercover American agent, discovers the true story and plays party-pooper. Will Paglapur’s mad but clean-hearted people spearheaded by the determined Agastya succeed in keeping the show on? To find the answer to that one you have to bear the pain of watching the film.
As for the cast, Akshay is the only saving grace of the film and Sonakshi has complemented Akki well with her role, small though it is. Shreyas Talpade tries his best, but ends up hamming a lot. Minissha Lamba plays a reporter, but even the creepy-looking aliens get more screen time than the petite babe does. The music of the film is largely forgettable. Overall, the less we analyse the other facets of Joker, the better!
At 1 hour 50 minutes, Joker is fairly crisp. And one must thank Kunder profusely for keeping his mad drama short and tight. For that reason alone, he deserves a pat on the back.
Rating: 1.5/5
* Poor – Avoid!
** Average – Give it a shot if you are desperate!
*** Good – One time watch!
**** Very good – Must watch!
***** Excellent – Don’t miss!
First Published: 1.15 PM IST 08.31.2012
shankar tudu
Posted at 12:42 AM on September 10, 2012
it is false story.
yogesh
Posted at 10:52 AM on September 3, 2012
ye saala pagal hogaya hai
shirish bandar
samir
Posted at 10:59 PM on September 1, 2012
sonakhi kya nach raha he,
idris
Posted at 7:29 PM on September 1, 2012
it is avery boring movie but script is too good
MovieMaster
Posted at 12:00 AM on September 1, 2012
MOVIE REVIEW- “”JOKER”"
JOKER HAS GOT A NOBLE TITLE AND A
DIFFERENT PLOT BUT SADLY THAT’S
ALL IT HAS TO OFFER!!!
This one of the best example of a
genuine concept gone horribly wrong!
After having an out of the box idea and
giving it a noble title, Shirish Kunder
fails not only to give a coherent story
and screenplay but also he fails
miserably in executing it!!!!
Humerous doesn’t work, story is too
predictable and inconsistent at places
too and ofcourse like all other movies
of this time you are supposed to not
carry your brain in the theatre!!!
3D format could have saved it a bit!
Though promoted as a film for
children, I don’t think even children are
going to like it !!!!
One more thing though I try to watch
each movie as a different entity this
movie has obvious similarities with
different films like- Koi mil gaya,
Lagaan… and many more which sadly
can’t be overlooked! Even the
soundtrack seems familiar at places
(Hear background sound at different
places and music of Singh Raja song
and compare it with Maya Yashoda
from “Jhoota hi sahi”).
On positive side it has some (very few)
brilliant moments both in terms of
humour and emotion, A noble Idea
indeed and The Best Title someone
could have thought for it!!!!
Akshay saves the film if at all! Sonakshi
has nothing to do here (I heard she
said she has got the most meatier role
in this movie; Only one question “Dear
SONAKSHI have you watched the
movie after it has been released???”).
Rest cast is just supportive!
Music is just so-so! Only one song that
stays with you is the first one that is
“Kafirana”! CHITRANGDA looks Damn
hot as a desi Item girl; I am sure she
will surely get her share of “CITY AND
HOOTS” from the crowd! After
watching her you can’t resist saying
“BABY I WANT JUST YOU”!!!!!
Overall very Disappointing movie
bound to suffer loss!
RATING- 2/5 (0.5 extra for noble idea
and Title)!
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GOVARDHANSINGH
Posted at 9:39 PM on August 31, 2012
VERyBAST
southstall
Posted at 7:28 PM on August 31, 2012
yes movie is average
dolby
Posted at 3:45 PM on August 31, 2012
Shirish kunder, please stop making your utter flop movies with stars like akki. You simply make the audiences sick with ur movies. what i am more worried is that salman’s ‘kick’ is going to be directed by you. The original ‘kick’ in telugu was one of the most entertaining superhit movie of recent times and please for god sake dont make a mockery of both salman and the original movie. Salman is in his best phase, on the roll, in red hot form with back to back ‘record breaking and making’ blockbusters and the last thing the fans want is another ‘jaane maan’ in the making. Shirish if you dont have any work, better try directing srk’s movies because i believe u both make an ‘ideal’ & ‘deadly’ combination or otherwise act in one of your wife’s movies, but please dont make actors like akki,salman and others to give utter flop movies to their fans.
ronak
Posted at 7:59 PM on August 31, 2012
srk has no time like salman akki…to do flope films like joker or kick…..:p
abhijeet
Posted at 7:57 PM on September 2, 2012
yes u r rite
Fahad
Posted at 12:44 AM on September 1, 2012
Srk has given more hits than akshay and salman , a true actor and the only king in bollywood,
deepak
Posted at 12:45 PM on September 2, 2012
srk suks salman rocks he is true actor and about the movie joker efforts had been put but it was not up to da mark cant tel its a waste movie