Synopsis
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.
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Cast
- DhanushAjatashatru Lavash Patel
- Bérénice BejoNelly Marnay
- Erin MoriartyMarie
- Barkhad AbdiWiraj
- Gérard JugnotGustave
- Ben MillerOfficer Smith
- Abel JafriCaptain Fik
- Sarah-Jeanne LabrosseRose
- Kay GreidanusPieter
- Amruta SantSiringh
Recommendations
- 70
The New York Times
Despite the film’s syrupy sweetness, it takes some risks ... and its relentless earnestness is tough to resist, even as the film sugarcoats intimations of real danger. - 70
Los Angeles Times
The film, based on Romain Puértolas’ novel, has clever touches and is consistently engaging, if meandering. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Journey mostly works thanks to Dhanush's radiant charm, with the actor adding humor and sincerity to a project that can feel too overstuffed and wacky for its own good — mixing magical realism, deadpan comedy, musical numbers and moments of tear-jerking drama. - 58
Original-Cin
With random elements of Bollywood, Western musicals and unlikely episodic plot contrivances, it is made to please everybody. The result is inoffensive. - 50
Movie Nation
Here’s a sweet, slight little samosa of a Euro-Indian comedy, a tale that’s a little bit topical, a tad picaresque, with just a hint of Bollywood thrown in spice. - 50
Screen Daily
Undemanding movie-goers may enjoy this oddly wholesome entertainment peppered with positive messages about generosity, overcoming adversity and hoping that your karma straightens itself out in this lifetime. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
An exercise in naive commentary and globe-trotting magical realism, the film dares viewers to take it seriously. - 50
Film Threat
The film vacillates so wildly, it spins out of control. As for the love story sub-plot – the less said about the poor, vacuous hole of a character that is Marie, the better.
