Critics’ Verdict: ‘Housefull 3’ Is a Painful Watch

Reviews of the latest instalment of the ‘Housefull’ franchise

Film: Housefull 3
Director: Farhad-Sajid
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Boman Irani, Lisa Haydon

Excerpts from reviews of Housefull 3:

The filmmakers have aimed to deliver a puerile movie, and, in fact, will be offended by any discussion about Housefull 3  that does not involve its box office prospects. We are in the mythical “critics will hate it but audiences will love it” zone, and since the movie aims to be nothing more than a weekend moneyspinner, it is accordingly forgettable and disposable.

Nandini Ramnath (Scroll.in)

Of the cast, the er..heroines…serve as the mandatory sexy quotients. Akshay Kumar is far too seasoned and mature to fit in as a bachelor boy. Not surprisingly, he’s depicted as a fervent nationalist who brings up the assumed British prejudice against Indians. Why this half-baked aside in a film of the feather light genre?Lucklessly, Boman Irani hams outrageously. Only Riteish Deshmukh and Abhishek Bachchan, occasionally disclose a flair for sense of timing and cutesy goofishness.For the rest of the way, Housefull 3 is about as funny as getting stuck in an elevator for 145 minutes. And paying good money for it too.

Khalid Mohamed (Spotboye.com)

...it takes a considerable amount of self-righteousness to be deliberately offensive about diseases, physical disabilities and racial abuse (boys who sleep with black housemaids are disowned) relentlessly throughout the film, only to make your pretty puppets eventually beg for forgiveness from Jesus in a church: “We lied for love, not for money.” We get it, you upholders of subtlety and life lessons. If there was ever a more meta moment this year, I’ll watch Humshakals and Himmatwala thrice over. Wipe those smug smirks of your faces, Farhad and Sajid (or are you one person?).

Rahul Desai (Catchnews.com)