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Kennith Rosario
Tomatometer-approved critic
Kennith Rosario is a journalist and film critic with The Hindu, a leading national English newspaper in India, based in Mumbai. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents Press and a former fellow at Robert Bosch Stiftung's India-Germany Media Ambassadors programme.
Movies reviews only
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Axone (2019) |
The film is a good example of a demographic of people telling their own stories. The narrative and look of the film have a lived-in quality to them, which can't be easily feigned. - The Hindu
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| Posted Mar 19, 2021
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Dil Bechara (2020) |
A surreal experience that bridges reality and fiction... - The Hindu
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| Posted Jul 27, 2020
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Family Romance, LLC (2019) |
The film's biggest drawback is that intent and commentary seldom match what we see on-screen. What we are given is as blank and bland as AI humans, who perhaps have a lot going on inside their heads. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jul 14, 2020
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Shikara (2020) |
The letters fall on deaf years, which is evocative of the bitter truth that, irrespective of time and religion, the conflict in the Valley is always an 'internal matter'. - The Hindu
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| Posted Feb 11, 2020
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Shimla Mirchi (2020) |
This supposedly funny plot is so flat that the most amusing part of the film is meta product placements of Kent water purifiers, which Malini endorses in real life. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jan 08, 2020
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Bala (2019) |
While nailing the finer and linguistic details, Ayushmann Khurrana's latest falls into the old traps of predictable character arcs, shallow 'woke' arguments and didactic climax. - The Hindu
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| Posted Nov 12, 2019
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The Sky Is Pink (2019) |
It's such a pity that the film has a powerful true story as its source material, yet its sole obsession is to make you either laugh or cry. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 10, 2019
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Section 375 (2019) |
Thriving in grey areas initially, Section 375 ultimately emerges as a deeply disturbing and injudicious film. - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 12, 2019
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India's Most Wanted (2019) |
With a pernicious depiction of Islam and terrorism, India's Most Wanted is a bland thriller. - The Hindu
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| Posted May 24, 2019
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De De Pyaar De (2019) |
The film's craft adds to its staleness and anachronistic feel. As much as the film wants to be an iconoclast, it reinstates the same conservatism it pretends to take down. - The Hindu
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| Posted May 17, 2019
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UglyDolls (2019) |
All good intentions come to naught with a messy narrative and garish visuals in Ugly Dolls. - The Hindu
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| Posted May 03, 2019
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A Dog's Way Home (2019) |
The calculative narrative regurgitates old tropes of Hollywood's canine films... - The Hindu
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| Posted May 03, 2019
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The Tashkent Files (2019) |
With no conviction and utter confusion, the film is evidently more drama than reality. - The Hindu
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| Posted Apr 12, 2019
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Wonder Park (2019) |
It's a pity that a film, which puts imagination on a pedestal and incessantly advocates for it, presents visuals that are anachronistic and shoddy. - The Hindu
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| Posted Mar 15, 2019
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Cold Pursuit (2019) |
The film often finds itself being racially offensive and tone-deaf with liberal usage of stereotypes. - The Hindu
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| Posted Feb 08, 2019
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Mary Poppins Returns (2018) |
Returns appears to have set out with a similar agenda. The captivating, effulgent, upbeat and imaginative visuals along with lucid storytelling are tailored for the young ones, while consistently pleading the adults to see the film with the same naivety. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jan 04, 2019
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Helicopter Eela (2018) |
Helicopter Eela is a loud, tone-deaf mother-son coming-of-age saga that lacks insights and observational humour. - The Hindu
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| Posted Oct 12, 2018
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Pataakha (2018) |
The humour is raw and earthy and the impudent simplicity of the narrative is refreshing. - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 28, 2018
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Love Sonia (2017) |
A well-intentioned film, Love Sonia panders to a voyeuristic Western gaze... - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 14, 2018
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Laila Majnu (2018) |
The problem with the first half is that it neither commits to melodrama nor realism. It is stuck in an awkward limbo. But the second half of the film, with right dollops of exaggeration, soulful melodies and acting skills, elicits the right amount... - The Hindu
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| Posted Sep 07, 2018
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Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 (2018) |
Whatever little momentum the thriller aspect of this film creates, is washed out by the lacklustre drama that constantly interjects the narrative. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jul 27, 2018
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Ocean's 8 (2018) |
If Ocean's 8 is pushing for rebellion - even against traditional comedies - it's not anarchic enough. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jul 10, 2018
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Isle of Dogs (2018) |
...witty and meticulously executed. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jul 10, 2018
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Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain (2018) |
The subject could have been relatable to a wide Indian audience who are bound in an arranged marriage, but Mishra is neither convincingly awkward as a repentant husband nor staunchly belligerent as a patriarchal one. - The Hindu
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| Posted May 18, 2018
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Hope Aur Hum (2018) |
Like an American sitcom, the film tries to go back and forth between characters, but it is executed so haphazardly that it's difficult to care for any of them. - The Hindu
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| Posted May 14, 2018
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Tomb Raider (2018) |
Uthaug's approach to the mythical tale is rather heavy-handed with an emphasis on hollow action sequences, making the film appear purposeless. - The Hindu
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| Posted Mar 12, 2018
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Munna Michael (2017) |
Munna Michael may pass muster as an industrially sculpted film meant for entertainment, but its underlying normalisation and glorification of street violence, male entitlement and dismissal of consent could be lethal. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jan 24, 2018
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Indu Sarkar (2017) |
If Bhandarkar, were to go by his formula of shocking people through exposés, this film does nothing more than portraying the anti-Emergency wave as a second freedom struggle for India. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jan 10, 2018
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Hindi Medium (2017) |
Admission in a prestigious school maybe shown as a quick fix to poverty and a fast train towards upward social mobility, but look beyond and you will find a funny film being driven by goodwill and engaging performances. - The Hindu
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| Posted Jan 04, 2018
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Half Girlfriend (2017) |
Mohit Suri's adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's book is replete with a series of utterly illogical events. - The Hindu
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| Posted Dec 16, 2017
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Mubarakan (2017) |
In this mind-numbingly regressive film, the only silver lining is Anil Kapoor. - The Hindu
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| Posted Nov 14, 2017
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