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3.00
Movie Review
The British-Indian filmmaker Sunhil Sippy, who had earlier directed the offbeat film SNIP, makes a comeback into Bollywood with NOOR. The first twenty minutes of the film establishes the film�s characters. The first half of the film is decent but the film�s second half plays the spoilsport with its excessive length. The pace of the film is the biggest culprit post interval. Also had the culmination been convincing, the film would have created an even stronger impact. Having said that, one needs to applaud the way in which Sunhil Sippy has handled the film�s premise, which is very contemporary and very today. The trials and tribulations faced by Sonakshi Sinha�s character in the film will surely find resonance with today�s generation. (more)
Source: Bollywood Hungama News Network, Bollywood Hungama
3.00
Movie Review
Director Sunhil Sippy does well to explore Mumbai beyond the clich�d samundar city, of Marine Drive and Worli sea-face. What's infinitely harder to crack are characters beyond the lead in this film, which is centred so heavily on introducing to us Noor, the desi Bridget Jones�sloppy, fun, and funny�that it develops beats and rhythms of a television show, with the audience hoping and wondering if we'll know details of everything else around her�the fleeting plot, or the caricatured people�in altogether another episode.(more)
Source: Mayank Shekhar , Mid Day
3.00
Sonakshi Sinha strikes back with an endearing act in this feel-good entertainer
Noor is definitely one of Sonakshi Sinha�s stronger performances (Lootera still stands as the best performance for me when it comes to Sonakshi). She may be tad unbelievable as the bumbling journalist. However, it is in the scenes where she has to portray betrayal and heartbreak where she shines the best. What works best for her is the writers have made sure that her characters has layers � she may talk about research and changing the world, but she is flawed herself. We have to also laud her for bravely poking fun at her weight issues, though she looked quite glam for me. Standup comedian Kanan Gill makes an impressive debut as Noor�s best friend harbouring a secret infatuation for her. Purab Kohli is also quite decent, while Manish Chaudhari shows once again why he is such an underrated performer(more)
Source: Sreeju Sudhakaran, Bollywood Life
3.50
Movie Review
Director Sunhil Sippy has achieved the rare feat of not stereotyping people in the media by showing them as jhola-toting opinionated creatures. There�s an instant connect with Noor�s world; her friends are as silly as yours, her issues are at times frivolous but her quarter-life crisis seems credible. The film is slightly over-written (a whole lot of dialogue) but lines are mostly funny.(more)
Source: Nihit Bhave, Times Of India
2.00
Sonakshi Sinha Is Lively In A Film As Appetizing As Flat Beer
The screenplay (written by Althea Delmas-Kaushal, Shikhaa Sharma and the director himself) strives hard to make all these hot buttons seem relevant to the story but it achieves little success. Through the means of a long monologue delivered by lead actress Sonakshi Sinha, the film takes a swipe at Mumbai's capacity for complacency in the face of terror strikes, civic chaos, indiscriminate constructions, displacement of the poor and general urban mayhem.(more)
Source: saibal chatterjee, NDTV Movies
2.50
Talented Sonakshi Sinha finds it hard to save film's weak plot
The movie Noor does not have anything extraordinary about it but at the same time it is a different kind of movie as far as Bollywood is concerned. There are no forcefully inserted songs, that is a welcome thing. The movie has a few interesting twists in the plot, but I definitely wish there were some more of those. Also, Sunny Leone has a special appearance in the movie.(more)
Source: Suparna Sarkar, IBN Live
2.50
Noor is a mix of fluffy romance and flimsy drama
The actress has a good voice, one that you get to hear abundantly through the course of Sunhil Sippy�s adaptation of Saba Imtiaz�s Karachi, You�re Killing Me! But when her soliloquy shifts from romantic crisis to a soppy, sanctimonious diatribe against Mumbai, Noor is completely out of its depth. The film starts out like a typical, well-shot rom-com with a sprightly voice-over and natty visuals of a cluttered lifestyle, where every single imperfection is systematically assigned its place in the frame. (more)
Source: Sukanya Verma, Rediff.com
2.50
Sonakshi's performance can't save this contrived affair
Director Sunhil Sippy touches upon a regular subject of a girl emerging out a winner but with a quirk. The reviewer liked the fact that the director has executed the plot nicely, although adapted from a novel. The way he made the female protagonist a narrator of the story in the first half is enjoyable but he takes a little longer to establish the characters. However, they are noticeable. Sunhil smartly showcases an interesting bit with actress Sunny Leone in the film in reference to her controversy that happened in 2016 on a popular television channel. The film is a good attempt by the director but has its own set of loopholes which makes it an average watch.(more)
Source: ROHIT BHATNAGAR, Deccan Chronicle
