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I'm a Vancouverite and I wasn't Canadian when Rob Ford was mayor of Toronto. But i remember reading about it all on international media.

This documentary is engaging and keeps you glued with quick pivots. The biggest criticism i have is it was negative-heavy. Why weren't his policy decisions mentioned at all? Why not show his good work as legacy, and not just his public connect? Why was the documentary so 'sudden-event-based' and not informative? Is the underlying message that a person who consumes drugs is still worthless? Given the loose mention of smoking weed in the documentary, that's not true at all. The premise that a man's private life is made a spectacle by the media should be a negative on the media and not the man himself.

Funny how the media escapes criticism and pretends they're just messengers.

Another Netflix show pretending to be a funny spy thriller. Has loads of overacting, over smart American characters trying to show that espionage is badass. At least Arnold does well (sigh). Agents go rogue all the time, they switch off comms often, there's no need to glorify such minute details for no reason. Lost interest in the pilot, and the remainder was a snooze fest. Seems like the scriptwriter kept forgetting that espionage is supposed to be serious!

How has Netflix not learned lessons from how The Recruit tanked? Stop dumping money on all this and give genuine shows such as Mindhunter and McMafia much needed extensions!

The only objective of making such a movie is to showcase human emotions. This movie doesn't justify adultery or say cheating is cool. Worse, it doesn't do anything much at all. Shakun Batra does well with good cinematography. His attempt at bringing in a Sam Levinson-Luca Guadagnino type work into scenes is appreciable, much like Kapoor and Sons. So is Deepika's and Siddhanth's acting. But why cast Ananya Pandey? Her acting is so bad, she always seems like a clown in a board meeting.

Besides, there are glaring loopholes in the story. How does Zain run away from home, still manage to study in the US, scale up quick enough, return to India as a board member, start his firm, and still be young? Zain has no family? Why is Alisha onboard with cheating so quick? What is the cliffhanger even supposed to convey? 5/10 only for Deepika and Siddhant's acting, the cinematography, the music.