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What the Fish Review
- 12/14/2013 7:59:55 AM
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Cast: Dimple Kapadia, Manu Rishi Chadha, Anand Tiwari, Geetika TyagiDirection: Gurmmeet SinghGenre: ComedyDuration: 1 hour 48 minutes
Story: Monster 'Mausi' ( Dimple Kapadia) is the grumpy old Delhi woman, with an OCD. She dislikes everyone, except for her Parrotfish Mishty and a money plant. What happens to her prized possessions after she goes to the US for a month, putting her niece in charge of the house?
Review: The niece passes on her responsibility of 'feeding the fish and watering the plants' to fiance Sumeet, and he to someone else...this goes on and on. Neat freak Mausi's house gets temporarily occupied by new guests who have their own issues to deal with. What happens when she returns?
What the Fish has a promising premise and an intriguing start but runs out of steam way too soon. A few minutes into the movie and you'd already guess what the climax could be. The non-linear narrative manages to engage you in the beginning but lack of humour and interesting characters make the execution look a tad tiresome and repetitive.
In terms of treatment, the film borrows from The Hangover's 'What the f*** is going on' theme but falls flat as the writing is unimaginative and predictable. Characters keep walking in and out of the film, with none making a mark. They bear no relevance to the movie, nor do they add an extra element of fun. Thus when they appear out of nowhere and disappear as quickly,
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