Welcome Back (Action,
Comedy )
Cast
: John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Shruti Haasan,
Dimple Kapadia, Paresh Rawal
Direction
: Anees Bazmee
Genre : Comedy Duration
: 2 hours 33 minutes
Times of India : Rating 3 / 5
Anees Bazmee has pushed the envelope in tom-foolery and dumbass
`ness' here. The film is a mishmash of garish sets, mindless action and
screeching actors. The saving grace is, some smart one-liners and heartfelt
performances. Anil and Nana must be credited for convincingly playing jokers;
kudos to Dimple, Paresh and Naseer for letting go. Surely, the stellar cast has
done this film either for a handsome payment or in the sincere hope that it
will reign at the box office.
NDTV : Rating 2 / 5
Welcome Back rolls it all out with vengeance: snazzy
automobiles, eye-popping locations, flashy conmen, a relentlessly obtrusive
background score and an unconscionably elongated climax in the desert. But nothing that this nonsensical action
comedy unleashes, not even the in-form Anil Kapoor-Nana Patekar pair, can
compensate for its absence of substance.
Indiatoday : Rating 3/5
The story is essentially on similar lines as Welcome. Anees Bazmee
and his team have done a commendable job there.Among the weak parts of the film
is its climax. In a nutshell, Welcome Back is quite the laugh riot that can
de-stress you after the atrocities of the week. Leave the brains aside, and you
have (at least) two hours of hardcore fun.
Book My Show
VERDICT: Uday Shetty and Majnu Bhai are back to entertain you with
their antics.Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar deliver brilliant performances. Their
chemistry and comic timing are among of the film’s strongest points. Anees
Bazmee, who is is no new name to the genre of comedy has done a great job with
this film and thankfully avoided the slapstick route. The two weakest points of
the film are the climax and the soundtrack. Somewhere towards the end of
Welcome Back, the movie tends to seem over-the-top and even drag a bit. The
music is far from being memorable and the film could have easily done with
fewer songs. Two item numbers, seriously?
Bollywood Hungama : Rating 3.5 / 5
If
you enjoy slapstick comedy that defies logic and have enjoyed WELCOME, then
WELCOME BACK is surely a paisa vasool entertainer for you.WELCOME BACK
does not really have a uniform storyline, but yet the whole affair turns out to
be very funny.The comedy scenes and one-liners in the film are brilliant. While
the film's music (Anu Malik, Meet Bros & Anjjan, Mika Singh) fails to
impress and is a big letdown, it is the background score (Aadesh Shrivastava)
that has the film moving.
Radio Mirchi : Rating 2.5 / 5
Glamsham : Rating 2/5
The
movie itself is an assortment of scenes; a set-piece design. Each piece louder
than the other. The laughs are there aplenty with below-the-belt humour that is
sure to have the front-benchers reeling in delight.