Reviews for WAKE UP SID - Page 12

Just saw the film and I left with a sense of feeling a bit underwhelmed. The film has its moments that stayed with me like interactions between Sid and his friend Laxmi, or Aisha's birthday sequence, but then many chunks of the film didn't last once they disappeared from screen.

The biggest problem for me was that much like the Mumbai Beat office, the film itself is very manicured and glossy. Sid's transformation and the problems that lead to it never feel big or serious enough and everything has a simple and easy solution, and so the film becomes very predictable. Rahul Khanna as Aisha's boss Kabir is so snooty, you know from the first minute that this is the wrong direction for her and that she has to come back to Sid.

After a point the Bombay and Dil Chahta Hai love also got to be too much. At one point Sid even quotes a dialogue from Farhan Akhtar's debut "Usne teri mardangi ko lalkara hai, kya kar raha hai, be a man". It is cute for a second, but then seems like Ayan Mukerji was trying too hard to recreate DCH which really no Indian filmmaker dealing with "coming of age" issues should do.

The film is a pleasant experience while it lasts and the performances go a long way in doing that (especially Ranbir as Sid and the actress playing Laxmi). But not much of it stayed with me after the film was over.

One more thing: How does Aisha get her house so beautifully furnished and decorated when she didn't have the job?The solutions in this film came very easily which prevented me from really connecting with what was going on.

How pleasantly perfect was it that Sid always took photographs but never before thought of looking at that as a career till Aisha comes along?

Somethings in the film were a bit too convenient and contrived.

I concur Geet. The movie was 'manicured'. There were no defining and captivating moments for me. For instance in DCH-- when u watch the Goa trip-- u can relate to the charaters- U WANT to be them- U want to be the journey. Friendship is an important part of ur teenager unless u're a loner. But in WUS, Sid's relation with his friends seemed incomplete which was not convincing for me at least. As a teenager you grow up with ur frens and I wish they had shown more of those moments. Well, the did but they were short lived and wasnt too effective.

While, DCH is a cult classic- WUS easily forgettable.

WUS was an enjoyable film to watch, performances were good but the story could have been much better so i only give it 3/5

i liked the movie i would give it 4/5

I liked the movie. I give it a 4/5 although it wasn't that deserving I kinda enjoyed the movie :)


But there weren't a lot of problems in the book. Sid and Aisha's life was sort of...


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