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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. :)

I went to watch this movie with very low expectations thinking it to be another vulgar/cheap comedy that Bollywood has been making on cheating husbands. But I was pleasantly surprised. The story is about three couples where the husbands fool their wives and have extra-marital affairs and how the wives get back at their husbands using the help of a private detective.

Needless to say, Irrfan Khan is the best in the movie. He does a good job and has a good comic timing. Other actors (Akshay Kumar, Rimi Sen, Bobby Deol)have also done a fair job. Sonam Kapoor (whom I don't like much) is tolerable. It's fun to watch and the scenes between Irrfan and Rimi are good. Not a great movie but an enjoyable one!

It's been rather quiet on the Bollywood mainstream front given the build up and subsequent hangover with India winning the Cricket World Cup, but I suppose releases will be back on track soon, with one of the earliest off the blocks being Anees Bazmee's Thank You, a typical comedy broaching on the topic of marriage infidelity starring one of the most hardworking and overexposed stars in Akshay Kumar in an ensemble together with Bobby Deol, Suniel Shetty, Irrfan Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Celina Jaitley and Rimi Sen.

So shouldn't it sound like fun, given a bevy of stars in situational set ups about philandering husbands who fool around behind their wives' backs, and having their own support group set up as credible alibis. Bobby Deol's Raj manages to fool his wife Sanjana (Sonam Kapoor) with his sweet nothings, his boss Vikram (Irrfan Khan) overpowers his submissive wife Karthika (Rimi Sen) with unreasonable demands, probably because the latter wants to continue enjoying the high life thanks to her husband's booming luxury yacht business. Then there's Suniel Shetty as Yogi, perhaps the least skillful of the lot, being caught out by wife Radha (Celina Jaitley), and also because of the latter's engagement of a private investigator Kishen (Akshay Kumar) who she introduces to Sanjana to wake the simpleton to see beyond the wool pulled over her eyes.

Honestly, the first half of the film before the interval is the stronger portion of the story, and probably where it's most fun given the interesting battle of wits premise set, even though it was not exploited to the full extent. With Radha and Sanjana reluctantly engaging Kishen's services, the latter is adamant in exposing the three husbands in one fell swoop, but discovers that the counter-brilliance of the mastermind Vikram won't make this an easy walk in the park. Strategies get employed involving technology, divide and conquer tactics to make the guys turn on one another, and frankly the set comedic pieces hit more than missed. The complication arises when the guys also engages Kishen's services, and find out that he too is a ladies man, though his loyalties, under wraps, belong to his earlier employers.

A small romantic subplot also involved Kishen and Sanjana with a hint of a conflict of interest from the get go that was cursory at best, and the remaining saving grace of the film belonged to the chemistry between Irrfan and Bobby Deol as buddies who find their lifestyle under threat. But it all spiraled downward after the interval with plenty of melodrama being poured into it such as the tired and silly suicide attempt of Sanjana at the Niagara Falls (this was partly shot in Toronto and Vancouver), and when Kishen progresses into his next role as a pseudo-marriage counsellor out to teach the guys a thing or two about fidelity, and reconciliation. However I suspect that the jokes here were less slapstick and direct, relying on funny dialogue that got lost in translation through the subtitles, which was a pity for non- Hindi speakers like myself.

Song and dance sequences were nothing to shout about unfortunately, even with Mallika Sherawat popping up as an item girl in Razia. No subtitles came with the lyrics to the songs, so I'm left to my own devices to determine what shenanigans the characters were into. Would have been a much engaging film if the second half managed to keep pace with the eclectic first, but instead opting for a more conventional approach and finale that makes you wonder why the females can't just walk out of a relationship that is already on rocky grounds no thanks to mistrust and dishonesty, lessons learnt notwithstanding.

In few words if I am asked to write about THANK YOU then I would say - There must be many young energetic directors working as under-employed or struggling on the roads of Mumbai for their one chance, capable of giving a much better movie than this present one coming from Aneez Bazmee. And why I am very much confident in this statement, that's because you cannot go more wrong than THANK YOU.

In other words, in this net age of digital entertainment, it's a shame that our directors and producers still consider 'we viewers' as brain dead, desperate and silly to accept such kind of utter crap. What a waste of precious resources both for the makers and as well as the viewers?

Sometimes I really feel confused that do these actors, directors or producers ever see their own self-made film in the theater before releasing it? And if they really do then Is there nobody who can tell them that what they have actually made and how its going to do at the box office? On second thoughts a film like THANK YOU clearly confirms that the Industry is full of mean and self-concerned persons who would never reveal you the real truth and would only appreciate you and your product at your face.

Content wise, the film has nothing new in the name of a story and is mere an extension of films such as NO ENTRY, PARTNER & MASTI made on the subject of cheating husbands and their escape routes. So it's indeed very surprising that its whole team of writers and director decided to just repeat the subject and nothing else. In fact the opening few minutes are only ones when you enjoy the most and then the rest purely makes you repent. Besides the last moment addition to the script, where Vidya Balan comes in as a special appearance simply makes you think, "What the hell is happening?".

Musically, it's a very average kind of score from the otherwise good Pritam, which also gets full support from some highly low standard and weird lyrics. Cinematography is nothing above the usual and background score doesn't give you anything to take notice of itself.

In the acting department, there is only one saving grace of the movie and he is Irfan Khan, who remains the only person who is able to make you laugh at times and that's it. Other than Irfan the entire cast can easily put this film in the list of their worst choices made. Akshay seriously needs a break which specifically needs to be a more educative break for him where he should learn how to judge a product after having so much experience in the field by his side. I agree you cannot predict or judge a Hit, but you can surely sense a BAD film coming your way without any doubt. Though he looks smart and young in the film doing his role well, but unfortunately that is not enough for the audience who come to the theater with their own set of expectations. Supporting Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty tries very hard and Bobby Deol seems to be completely lost somewhere else.

Among the ladies, it's the worst film of Sonam till date where she is really looking awful at places with very poor make up and looks. As reported in the news, she very much looks like ill and tired throughout the film. Celina Jaitely is hardly there in the movie but Rimi Sen gives her best to her allotted role. Both Mallika Sherawat in the item number and Vidya Balan in the climax are wasted and the film could have easily been made without their deliberate insertions.

In all, after the end credits role, one starts thinking that the apt title of this film should have been SORRY instead of THANK YOU and I think that explains it all.

'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.

The movie is bad, and so is the script. Akshay and Sonam just don't go together and neither Sonam and Bobby. Basically Sonam was the misfit. But what I loved was Rimi and Irfaan's pair. Wish they'd done another movie together with a similar theme of a couple who hate each other or a situation where they hate each other. They were so natural. Too late now :( RIP Irfaan.

The Akshay Kumar-Suniel Shetty Jodi is back but wait, don't consider it as the level of Phir Hera Pheri or Awara Pagal Deewana, you'll get disappointed. Even I was disappointed to see silly comedy in this star-studded Anees bazmee movie. No doubt, Akshay is phenomenal. Apart from him and Bobby Deol, performances are weak. The first half was silly, below average story and picks up late. The second half is full of fun. Silly comedy becomes sitcom which we enjoy to watch. Female roles are very weak. Recommended to: Akshay Kumar fans. Bollywood comedy lovers. Can watch for time-pass.

I used to be a Akshay Kumar fan up until last year but the recent flurry of films with poor acting, poor scripts and already done jokes and sequences have turned me around. This is just another one in the series if not the worst, well worst would be Tees Maar Khan but this is no better. Good thing it was free on Netflix but I still wasted 2 hours of my Friday. It starts bad, stays bad and ends the same way, the songs are mediocre at best, the script has been done a dozen times before, not even a single scene where you would laugh on your own, mostly forced jokes and poor sequences are irritating sometimes, towards the end of it you just wish it ends quickly and you can get over with it. The only saving grace in the movie is Irfan and towards the end, it gets too much for even him to drag the movie, given the limited footage he has in the movie.

Thank you is a funny time-pass flick,which seems as it is a sequel to No Entry by Aneez Bazmee himself.Director Anees Bazmee could not bring out any freshness to the plot and has created another feel good-go movie with some hilarious moments like No Entry.

Irrfan khan is the best among the lead with some witty one-liners and perfect comic timing.Bobby Deol has done justice to his role and creates some hilarious moments but turns angry and humorless in the second half.Sunil Shetty has proved his comical excellence once again after flicks like phir hera pheri and one two three.Akshay Kumar does a charming role with a cool persona;but lacks freshness.Sonam Kapoor looks as if she has terribly gone wrong in her makeup;but does an o.k performance.Rimi Sen is the best among the female leads and her chemistry with Irrfan is the best part of the film which could evoke lot of laughs.Celina Jaitley is absent in the film for a major part of the story and has nothing much to offer.

Music by Pritam is in tone with the theme and the songs Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo and Pyaar Mein stands out in the album.The song in the flashback scene,which is absent in the music album is melodious and soothing.

some +ves:: The flute theme of the movie,which has a magical freshness- Good choreography of the songs-Irrfan's comic timing-Editing by Steven H Bernard

some -ves:: The flashback scene in the climax which seems too senseless-Timing of the songs;especially in the second half-Similarity of story to that of many films like No Entry and other films which is based on extra-marital affairs.

Verdict::Thank you has nothing new to offer for the audience;but seems as a time-pass movie which has some hilarious moments and can evoke some laughs.Go for it if you are on a festival mood. Ma Rating::6.5/10

Same old concept of fairy man descending and trying to bring "Gyaan " to men who can't be loyal to their wives!!! Have we not seen enough movies around this???? When movies like ,"No Entry","Partner", "Garam Masala" and "Heyy Babyy" were released, they were instant hits, as the concept was a welcome change, far different from the usual Bollywood "running around the trees" drama. Slowly, many movie makers caught upon this concept , and made several similar movies , with different actors delivering out the same message , only with the label" Original story"..!!!

Akshay Kumar has acted in several movies on this concept. An actor at his caliber, having achieved so much fame and great movies to his credit, a movie like "Thank you" not only typecast him to one bracket , it also has a serious impact on his fan expectations! He is known to deliver new things in each of his movie, and fans crave for him more!!But a movie like this only adds a flop to his huge list of hits!

The movie does make you laugh. But these jokes have been heard and seen, and there is nothing original!!Akshay Kumar tries to carry on the movie on his shoulder, and tries his best.The rest as I said, nothing new at all!! If you do not mind, spending for a movie which has been shown time and again, then definitely this movie maybe a one-time watch(And as the last option only!!). Hope to see more of Akshay Kumar in better movies and eagerly await the day he springs huge surprises by his performances...

I don't know why ppl have given this movie such bad ratings but the truth is this that if U don't watch this movie U r going to miss out on all the fun !! I am very strict when it comes to reviews but this had to be the best comedy flick in a Loooooooooooooooooooooooong time !! JUST WATCH IT !! and ppl like TARAN ADARSH should go and kill themselves ... they don't know how to write reviews .... Yes its true that this movie didn't do good at the box office ... but that doesn't mean JACK !! I thought SULTANAT was one of the greatest movies ever but it was a flop !! go judge for ureselves and watch it ..!! Thank me later !!

A dyed hair and old over the hill Akshay! Dyed so black like its a new color! And his voice and dialog delivery is sickening. Pathetic acting like he is being sarcastic! Then you have Shetty with his fish out of water dialog delivery. And Irfan Khan (well, one 'r' is enough) who is one of the most overrated actor. And John Abraham etc are criticized for being dull and bland. Irfan is monotonous and at the most has two expressions and simply drones with the confidence that he has made a fool of everyone in b and h woods! Looks like a dummy in the promos and that extends to the film! Create a montage of scenes from his different films and u will know you are looking at a one dimensional dud! even in his infamous mms he had a blank look! As for the heroines less said the better. Cheap dialogs and the best part was a promo showing (only the) female audience praising the film after a sneak preview! A desperate attempt by Akshay to declare this one a hit like Blue and Kambakht Ishq! Mr Kumar if you are doing characters which are meant to be leave alone in their 20s even early 30s then you don't look it! And that's why your films are bombing! Worth missing.

This was the nice Sufi film based on a romance, drama, comedy, it is much of romance and drama then comedy. A film is weak in his script as end is predictable, in-spite of end many of the incidents were also predictable. But in all the film i like the music of this movie. When akshay kumar play flute, and music came out of it was awesome and best soundtrack of the whole movie. As per this movie also contains some most drastic scenes and some drastic coincidences, this movie is also weak in its climax, but the locations of Canada are much nice to see shown in this movie. In this movie akshay kumar is shown much over-smart, over- intelligent who knows everything which is the most negative point of the movie. At last i conclude that the movie is one time watchable.

Thank You directed by Anees Bazmee is awful.

The writing is amateurish.

The screenplay is bad.

The music is pretty bad.

Story:Raj(Bobby Deol), Yogi(Suniel Shetty) and Vikram(Irrfan Khan) are best friends, business partners, serial womanizers and happily married! Happy, because their lovely wives have no clue that their husbands cheat on them with every pretty young thing they can lay their eyes on. This picture perfect world is rocked when Raj's wife Sanjana(Sonam Kapoor) begins to suspect her husband and hires the suave private detective, Kishan(Akshay Kumar), to tail him. Kishan has built his reputation as a man who saves marriages by getting erring husbands to mend their ways. In this particular case, however, his overwhelming attraction towards Sanjana means he may not be acting in her best interest. What follows is a crazy cat-n-mouse game, with Kishan trying to catch the husbands with their pants down literally and them attempting to just stay outside his grasp.

Performance wise-Even though if Akshay Kumar is the lead actor,its Irffan Khan who steals the show.His comic timing is superb.Akshay Kumar is sickening.Suniel Shetty too excels.Bobby Deol is wooden. Of the ladies,Rimi Sen is the best!Sonam Kapoor looks bad and acts horribly.Celina Jaitely does not get scope.Vidya Balan in special appearance is average.

On the whole Thank You is a shame in the name of COMEDY!Bad.

Don't waste it this.

Very rarely do i watch a film that i simply wish i hadn't. This is one of them.

Typical Akshay Kumar movie.....

Lots of semi-naked phoren babes--and shots of Akki cavorting with them ( what else ? ) , like they are in aaaaaalllllll of Akki's films .

To join him this time are Bobby ( out of work ) Deol , Irrfan Khan ( can a bollywood movie do without a Khan nowadays ? ) and Suniel Shetty ( even the change of name from Sunil to Suniel wont change the luck of this non-actor ,the way it has for Irfan to Irrfan ).

All are sleazy guys who get caught by their wives cheating with other women and end up to ask help from Akki , who himself is a womanizer ( so whats new about Akshay , even in real life )

Little do they know that Akshay is upto games of his own.......

The movie is funny in some parts , though the ending is corny .

Verdict--okay for some timepass.

An average film with a good message in the end. Kind of felt stretched out. Good performances from Akshay and Irrfan sir

Movie: Thank You Rating: 1.5/5

Nowadays it has become a trend to make films with adult themes and they are made to release for unrestricted public exhibition, but with parental guidance. Thank you has vulgarity and humour in its roots. Its not a bad movie, but you know that excess of anything is bad.And thus it becomes a bit difficult to watch the film with family.

The story, locations and performances, along with music are the plus points of this film. Otherwise, the type of comedy you get to see at places is quite vulgar and rude. Only a bit of clean comedy is there.Akshay Kumar gives a nice performance, but the excess vulgarity kills the role and the goodness in his role. Sunil Shetty provides a bit of clean humor, especially when he's happy, and the best one, when he is framed. Bobby Deol does too much of vulgarity. The film has this in excess that you think how come Censor Board gave this film a clean UA certificate?

But the story and music are nice. Akshay Kumar and his flute too are a positive point for the film. But however, the film fails to captivate family audiences for long.

Overall, Thank You is an averagely made film that could have been better if it lacked vulgarity. However, if you can still tolerate the vulgarity, you may watch it once, and that too alone. Otherwise, just avoid it.

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).

I couldn't wait to watch this movie but after reading the reviews it put me off. I still watched cause it had my favorite actor in it Akshay.

Akshay was fully awesome looked awesome, acted awesome and was awesome. Bobby Deol did a good performance Suneil was alright Iffran had great comic timing and was very funny.

Sonam Kapoor did a good job nothing to special Rimi Sen was good she was pretty funny at some parts. Celina not really

The music was pretty good Pyaar do Pyaar Lo was my favorite. Aksahay in the movie would play the flute a lot and the tune he played was very nice and soothing.

The movies first half was pretty fun and good but could've been done better but still entertaining. The second half wasn't as good and fun but definitely some parts that got you laugh quite a lot and the rest of the time quite a few chuckles and smiles to keep you entertained.

Not Akshays best movie he's done much funnier. Not Aneez Bazmees best but way better than his last movie No problem.

Overall definitely an entertaining movie that will keep you entertained and smiling throughout the movie.