gunjangodbole

Sure, go get fooled by the rave reviews. The film is complete garbage. There is absolutely no saving grace here.

The bs that the good reviews are praising the film for, like unpredictability of life and badassery, this film is in the bottom decile on those points.

I have watched and loved many slow movies, where the punch doesn't come with in-your-face bang, but this film, my friends, has absolutely nothing in it.

I admit i watched it when it came and it has been years, but i distinctly remember how utterly and completely disappointed i felt by the end of the movie. I went on to watch other films by the director, and I must admit i don't like any of them, and find them all way overhyped.

Sudhir Mishra saab's filmmaking is ageing like an old wine. The story is extremely well written, doesn't slack, and the climax is amazing. Movie is under 2 hrs runtime, so doesn't allow for characters to form too well as you would see in a longer film, but it never shows in the midst of the fast paced flow of the film. All performances are great. And although it feels one sided at times, it is as true a reflection of the times we live in as one can get. Mishra saab doesn't hold any punches and shows it the way it is. As Anurag Kashyap has aptly put, which I won't try to improvise, an absolute banger of a film!

Curb makes other sitcoms look like the 1950s hindi movies, so plain, bland and formulaic. Larry makes comedy look so simple, because you relate to it so much, and so difficult, because he lays it out with such incredible honesty. Seinfeld made friends look juvenile, and curb takes out less enjoyable stuff out of seinfeld and lays bare the core comedy of life that was really the core of it wrapped up in Jerry's standup. No other comedy comes even close to Curb. Curb is the Breaking Bad of comedy, or as I am tempted to say while watching the latest season, BB is the Curb of drama.