102 Not Out 2018

Cool, Old School

7.5 / 10   54 vote(s)
Comedy Family Drama

An unusual love-hate relationship between a 75-year-old son and his 102-year-old father, who wants to break the oldest-man-alive record.

Release Date 2018-05-04
Runtime 1h 47m
Directors Umesh Shukla, Laxman Utekar
Producers Ashutosh Goswami, Gulshan Kumar, Ashutosh Goswami, Mark Troy Dsouza, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vivek Krishnani
Writers Vishal V. Patil, Saumya Joshi, Vishal V. Patil, Hiral Brahmbhatt, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Saumya Joshi, Kaifi Azmi

Good fun and surprisingly nails the sweetness too.

'102 Not Out' is a film that I had a pleasant time with. Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor are terrific in this release, with those two making for an entertaining double act. Jimit Trivedi and Vijay Raaz are solid too, albeit in much more minor roles.

I wouldn't say anything comedically made me laugh, though the humour is still one of the film's main positives. It, in fact, holds its own when it comes to the more sombre bits, which are put together almost perfectly. I thought it would stray into cringe/cheese territory at some point, but this flick never does... it actually comes across impressively well.

The music is also pretty good, I particularly enjoyed "Bachche Ki Jaan" - even though it does sound out of place here and there, yet again finds a way to work. "Badumbaaa" makes for a decent outro piece, shame about the (minor, in how often its seen - editor had a conscience?) use of blackface for the music video though - not that it was ever fine, but in 2018? Come on...

Overall, this did indeed surprise me. Hearty.

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