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The Go-Getters is a consciously grubby microbudget comedy from director Jeremy LaLonde, whose credits include the ensemble comedies Sex After Kids and How To Plan An Orgy In A Small Town, and a dozen or so episodes of Baroness Von Sketch Show.
Its not the sort of movie that wants to be accepted. It is not on that list, but I get the feeling it wouldnt want to be. The Go-Getters arrives in theatres just after TIFF announced the honoured titles in Canadas Top Ten. If only they'd get a little more screen time.Īt 150 minutes though, Gold digresses too often to accommodate a bizarre episode of Amit Sadh's philanthropy, Mouni Roy's domestic chatter and heavy-handed federation politics.THE GO-GETTERS (Jeremy LaLonde). Luckily for Kagti, her supporting cast stands her in good stead and does well in bringing out the vulnerability and ambition of their characters. The only thing Gold borrows from Shimit Amin's deeply layered classic is the Sabharwal-Chautala rivalry. Half-hearted depiction of the sport, a moment of epiphany to showcase barefoot bravado and starstruck fan following of a former legend among Buddhist monks do very little to promote its cause. Unless its stakes and soul are smartly and shrewdly woven into the narrative like Chak De! India, viewers are unlikely to invest. Hockey isn't a visually exciting game for everybody. Gold's other issue is the game it builds itself around. Gold's glossy, sepia toned rendition of retro revelries is fancy, but the contemporary energy they betray is telling of how accurate the endeavour is.Ĭharacters are dressed in vintage, set designs throws in the decade appropriate props and knick-knacks, but one never gets a sense of those times or the wave of patriotism it so conveniently whips up to suit its purpose. It gives the climatic scene's communal cheer a heartrending unity, years before it would be looked upon as romantic idealism in Bajrangi Bhaijaan.īarring these little details, her recreation of the era feels more postcard than living. It is nice to see Kagti remembers that India and Pakistan break up is too recent to view its common enemy differently. It is a sloppily written role performed with equal ineptitude, a rare misstep from the actor, who hardly gets it wrong anymore no matter how partisan or embarrassing the contents.Īs Gold grows into a timeworn underdog tale, the British emerge as the unanimous bad guys having changed their objective from divide and rule to divide and defeat. Nationalistic fervour is pretty much thrust upon him after the tricolored flag fortuitously lands in his hands.īut since those hands belong to Akshay Kumar, rest assured, it shall not be taken lightly.īollywood's go-to crusader reminds us repeatedly of his plans to avenge ' Do sau saal ki ghulami' by speaking in a jarring accent that is clearly more Bollywood than Bangla, breaking into a dhoti-clad bhangra as though he's confused Gold for Singh is Bling while being a hockey hero from the sidelines. Director Reema Kagti, who put together a quirky ensemble in Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd and combined sorrow and supernatural so sublimely in Talaash, struggles to give her distinct voice to Gold' wishy-washy complexity.Īs a consequence, Tapan's disillusionment feels exaggerated and grating.
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