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Critics Review
1.00
Lacklustre fare
Packed with corny cringe worthy lines and illogical plot twists and conviniences, Mr. X is drab and dull. Yet, it is in 3D so may be thats a saving grace? No. There is no need to see a bad film in the third dimension? The 3D serves only to highlight the tackiness of the entire enterprise and shows how inept we are still at this technology. May be we should just stop making them for a while and re-look at our technology? Mr. X never promised much quality in the trailer. What it did not tell us also was that it would be this unbearable. The film is a dragging bore throughout, give it a miss. (more)
Source: Ameet Bhuvan, MovieCrow
1.00
Unalloyed gobbledygook: two words are all that one needs to sum up Mr X.
Mr X is after all a Bollywood love story, and the world is yet to evolve any credible science that can explain the myriad illogicality that is part and parcel of the genre. There is much worse here. The story of the film is set in Mumbai, but the street scenes and the chases have clearly been shot somewhere else in the world. The unique hero of Mr X is visible only in direct sunlight and in blue neon-lit settings. Take the hint: leave the man alone and steer clear of darkened halls where he is displaying his wares. (more)
Source: Saibal Chatterjee , NDTV Movies
3.00
Mr. X is watchable and engaging but shows spark in parts.
It has a solid story in place, but the sharp twists fail to maintain the consistency of the drama. However, what works in this film is its intention to deliver something different. The concept of an invisible vigilante hero was done best in the Anil Kapoor starrer Mr. India. Vikram Bhatt adopts the same tone and Indianises the story with an element of spunk. In times of staple commercial films, his movie has a unique thinking behind it. Its USP is the unpredictability of Siya's character that keeps the story taut. The build-up for the climax is fascinating and it latches your attention.(more)
Source: Mohar Basu, Times Of India
2.50
Watch MR. X only if you are a die-hard Emraan Hashmi fan.
Given the fact that all of Emraan Hashmi's films have at least one (smash) hit track in them, this film falters in that department as well. The film's music (Jeet Ganguly, Ankit Tiwari) lacks any hit or hummable songs. It's the film's background music (Raju Singh) that manages to hold the film. While the film's cinematography (Pravin Bhatt) is decent, its editing (Kuldeep Mehan) is average.(more)
Source: Bollywood Hungama News Network, Bollywood Hungama
2.50
Injustice, invisibility and an Emraan Hashmi
Mr. X comes across as a decent one-time watch, if you choose to reflexively force-shut your ears to some of the corny dialogues. An important takeaway from the film: Workplace romances are doomed, and will more often than not, get you into trouble. The story is very predictable, but there aren't really those moments when you feel why the film doesn't end. Two for the film, and a half extra for Hashmi. Watch it for Emraan Hashmi.. (more)
Source: Ananya Bhattacharya , India Today
1.00
There's nothing to see, not even Emraan Hashmi
Not much. Honestly there is very little to praise in the film. Emraan tries his best to salvage the situation, but there isn't much he can do.Troubles start early on for Mr X, in a time where special effects and storylines are getting richer, the film turns back the hands of time and sets everything back by years. Even though in concept the film might have sounded interesting, in execution it is an epic fail. Plus, the idea of leaving logic and reason behind in any Vikram Bhatt movie is expected, but in Mr X the pressure to do the same is immense.(more)
Source: Tushar P Joshi, DNA
2.00
Mr. X will be your type of film for two reasons If you are a fan of Bhatt films, You are a fan of Emraan Hashmi.
The fact that Bhatts know their audiences so well that they know, in spite of serving them a old done to death script with a invisibility cloak, their fans will watch it. The VFX used for the scenes that have Emraan changing his form are actually done neatly and the kids may enjoy seeing it.(more)
Source: Surabhi Redkar, Koimoi
