A houseful of crass humour
Angel Rani, June 04, 2016, DHNS:
Housefull 3
Hindi (U/A) ¬
Cast: Akshay Kumar,
Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline
Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Lisa Haydon
Director: Farhad-Sajid
The men are on a hunt for wealthy bimbos. The bimbos — all sisters — are ready to turn brides for any “loser” that drives them wild. But the father of the brides is allergic to weddings, as every knot in the family has knocked off someone.
So you have skirt-chasers Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh going after the rising hemlines of Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri and Lisa Haydon. Father Boman Irani, meanwhile, tries to throw an astrological spanner in the love track with tales of yesteryear tragedies.
Sensibility is bound to be the first casualty in a movie about people faking disabilities, especially when it comes from the Housefull stable. The third franchise manages to offend people from all continents. Jokes on colour, race and disabilities fly thick and fast as the three men go about their job.
The women just have to play dimwits and display their wares while the men seem to have enrolled for a facial contraction contest.
Obviously, Akshay gets to do a little more. And it helps that he is an aspiring footballer who goes ballistic at the mention of the word “Indian”. Split personality, you see. And most of the calming down is done by lover Jacqueline who, by the way, is a doctor who doesn’t think twice before using a hammer on her agitated patient.
Somewhere down the mess, Jackie Shroff makes a soothing entry, but is soon bogged down in all the buffoonery. No, Housefull doesn’t bring the house down.
Hindi (U/A) ¬
Cast: Akshay Kumar,
Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline
Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Lisa Haydon
Director: Farhad-Sajid
The men are on a hunt for wealthy bimbos. The bimbos — all sisters — are ready to turn brides for any “loser” that drives them wild. But the father of the brides is allergic to weddings, as every knot in the family has knocked off someone.
So you have skirt-chasers Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh going after the rising hemlines of Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri and Lisa Haydon. Father Boman Irani, meanwhile, tries to throw an astrological spanner in the love track with tales of yesteryear tragedies.
Sensibility is bound to be the first casualty in a movie about people faking disabilities, especially when it comes from the Housefull stable. The third franchise manages to offend people from all continents. Jokes on colour, race and disabilities fly thick and fast as the three men go about their job.
The women just have to play dimwits and display their wares while the men seem to have enrolled for a facial contraction contest.
Obviously, Akshay gets to do a little more. And it helps that he is an aspiring footballer who goes ballistic at the mention of the word “Indian”. Split personality, you see. And most of the calming down is done by lover Jacqueline who, by the way, is a doctor who doesn’t think twice before using a hammer on her agitated patient.
Somewhere down the mess, Jackie Shroff makes a soothing entry, but is soon bogged down in all the buffoonery. No, Housefull doesn’t bring the house down.
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