Movie Review: David (2013)

Reviews | February 1, 2013 at 10:44 am
Users Rating: [ratings] Critics Rating: ★★½☆☆
Box Office: TBA

The story revolves around the lives of 3 DAVIDS in 3 different parts of the world in 3 different eras.

1975 London- 30 year old David works for Iqbal Ghani, a dreaded Mafia don, who controls the entire Asian community. He is a protege who is poised to take over the empire until a revelation which changes the course of his future.

1999 Mumbai- 19 year old David is a musician born into a family of devout Christians. He is a happy go lucky teenager who loses all semblance of his peaceful existence when his family gets dragged into a political issue.

2010 Goa – 40 year old David is a fisherman living in the small fishing village of Betul in Goa. He falls in love with the deaf and mute Roma- the only hitch is that she is engaged to be married to his best friend Peter in 10 days!

All 3 Davids are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever.3 LIVES 3 DESTINIES CONNECTED BY 1 NAME – ‘DAVID’.

Reviews:

Good Reviews  |  Average Reviews  |  Bad Reviews
Positive Reviews
4.5 “David is a magnificent morality tale that tells us it is trendy to be bad, but being good is timeless.”
- Sify
3.5 “Definitely. Don’t miss this funny, suave and entertaining film.”
- Koimoi
3.0 “The film swiftly transitions between eras, dramatically changing in colour, content, emotion and drama.”
- Times Of India
3.0 “David has enough sinew to offset its share of flaws. Strongly recommended.”
- NDTV Movies
3.0 “Bejoy Nambiar’s ‘triple treat’ is definitely worth a watch”
- Movietalkies
3.0 “Interesting set up of three men with one name in different era’s.. to make it simpler let’s take the plus in each stories one by one.”
- Indiaglitz
Average Reviews
2.5 “A shorter, snappier David with a little less rambling and randomness may have led to a better payoff.”
- Rediff
2.5 “Bejoy Nambiar’s David has a fair share of pros and cons but it definitely makes for a one time watch.”
- Nowrunning
2.5 ” David is a complete ‘no no’ for those who aren’t too keen in spending time and money for dark cinemas.”
- One India
Negative Reviews
2.0 “DAVID is more style, less substance.”
- Bollywood Hungama
2.0 “David tries to push the envelope on Bollywood innovation with its multiple tales. Ironically for a film with three stories to tell, it is weak on content.”
- India Today
1.5 “Walk in at your own risk! “
- Glamsham
1.5 “This half boiled material is in the hands of a reasonably gifted filmmaker (Bejoy Nambiar, Shaitaan) with a rare sense of the visual, besides a strangely repetitive fixation for slow-motion in close-ups. “
- Daily Bhaskar
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