Thank You (2011)

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

'No thanks' would be the proper response if someone proposes that you watch this junk. Anees Bazmee has made another garbage that's not only highly offensive to women but also an insult to people's basic intelligence. Of course, I expect this from Akshay Kumar and Bazmee (who, as it seems, is incapable of making a decent film) so I would have skipped this but some of my relatives are fans of Kumar and so it was more about spending time with the family and laughing at the awfulness of 'Thank You'. While I did predict it to be awful, I thought it would be one of those so-bad that it's funny. However, the way the woman are portrayed as weak AND stupid is unforgivable. Anyway, needless to say, the writing is horrendous. Akshay Kumar is okay where acting is concerned but he offers nothing new. Irfan Khan steals the show as he reveals his comic side once again. Of the women, Rimi Sen stands out in a non-challenging role. Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor and Celina Jaitly are bad. Of course, like many rich Bollywood directors, Bazmee is ashamed of India, so the film is poorly shot in Canada. The songs, like in most recent Akshay Kumar films, are dreadful.Oh well, as a viewer, I wouldn't consider myself completely blameless as I did choose to watch this trash, expecting to at least laugh a bit and poke fun but alas! No thanks to Bazmee and his team.

Memo to self: avoid at all costs any film directed by Anees Bazmee.If you look at his filmography as a director, after some promising films early on in his career, he has turned out some incredibly trite rubbish. The last decent film he did was probably No Entry but since then it has been a downward spiral of rubbish culminating in Thank you and Ready. It is hard to know which is worse.His record as a writer is probably even worse than his record as a director, so this film suffers the double whammy of tremendously poor direction and a tremendously poor script. Whoever pegged this film for production must have had rocks in their head. The whole film dies by its awful script. Unbelievable, contrived rubbish that gave the actors (using the term very loosely) anything to work with.The one thing that Akshay Kumar does not need is poor material to work with. Nowadays he struggles with even good material - with bad material the "acting" is reduced to tear-inducing cringe-worthy awfulness. Not that Akshay is the only culprit here.Sonam Kapoor might be high up in the eye-candy stakes but as an actor she needs good direction. Suffice to say that it is sadly lacking here and so her performance ends up almost like a melodramatic parody. Now don't get me wrong, I like Sonam and she has done some decent stuff but I fear that this represents a very bad choice for her acting career.Of the rest, I sort of get the impression that Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan and Sunil Shetty were simply going through the motions for a pay check. They are competent enough but these are performances certainly not worthy of their talents.So basically, bad direction, lousy story, mediocre at best acting, what else could be wrong? Well, put it this way, when the cameos by Vidya Balan and Mallika Sherawat to a lesser extent are the highlights, then pretty much everything.All in all an extremely poor film in nearly every respect and one not worthy of even catching for fans of the leads. Avoid at all costs would be the only way to describe this (3/10 score simply because its got the cameos from Vidya Balan and Mallika Sherawat - without them it would be 1/10 at best).

Thank You is another hit after Patiala House which is good after many stupid delivered crap like Tees Maar Khan, Khatta Meetha, Action Replayy and many more. To be honest, no matter how many Akki movies are flops, he is always the best for. Coming to the Movie, very similar to No Entry and the story is not much different as Anees Bazmee directed both films. Here also, we have husbands who do funny or silly things to hide the truth from their wives. The womenizers are in trouble as Akki the private detective is helping solve the case, there are many funny scenes in between and all of them do get caught. But, they are all straightened out by the end and Akki mentions the problem he had and why he wants to bring all these kind of men on the right path. Thank You is another suceesful comedy film, Anees Bazmee makes his promise of another hit after the disaster No Problem. Actors are very convincing with their acting and the comedy is well timed unlike Tees Maar Khan which was total crap. The music was really good even though some are sung using the nose, Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo was the best song. The action is funny and great, Akki stills knows how to fight well after the 90's. The rest is just about great, no flaws at all. Overall, another great film in 2011. Hopefully, Akki's upcoming movie Joker and Helloo India will do even better than this.

Hail Irrfan Khan and his comic timing.It's not thank you . it's re-entry. Just the same successful formula of 'no entry' has been repeated. While making a lol entertainer it goes beyond it realms and ridicules the sanctity of relationships and marriages. In it's account of relationships it seems to be very one sided. But an objective look at relationship can never be expected from Anees Bazmee. The movie does what was expected from it - makes you laugh real hard. A large share of laughs come for Irrfan's performance. He proves once again his mantle and versatility in acting. His comic timing is phenomenal. The kind which Akshay kumar once showed in Mujse shadi Karogi. But as it has been for quite some time his performance seems repetitive. As for others, bobby acts bad as usual, Suniel overacts as usual again. Sonam kaoor irritates with cardboard character. Reema sen surprises with her quirkiness. Celia jaitley is hardly there. Songs are just burden as usual yet again. The ending goes overboard and tries to make a pigheaded soulless movie into a serious inquisition into relationships and fails miserably. The only low point of movie comes at the end.This movie just belongs to Irrfan's incredible comic timing and Anees Bazmee's ability to pen funny insincere jokes. A timepass. :)