Rotten
A film that might be the next Bend It Like Beckham - if it did not have the sensibilities of the next Dr. Zhivago.
Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail
Overview
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Its performances are enjoyably boisterous, and director Abhishek Kapoor refuses to linger on cliches for too long ...
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Mixes, not quite successfully, traditional Bollywood storytelling with something less conventional.
Rachel Saltz, New York Times
Fresh
It's a sprawling tale of friendship during a tumultuous time of sectarian strife in India.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Rotten
The dramatic stakes are so puny that every obstacle can be overcome with a simple work-it-out montage, a cheap device prevalent enough in this movie to start a drinking game.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
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