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Reviews Summary: It took Rajat Kapoor 2 years to bring his film Fatso to the theaters. The movie has now opened to strictly average reviews. According to critics, the story and idea behind the movie is good, but the director has failed to bring it alive on screen. Ranvir Shorey has delivered a commendable performance.
Here’s a quick summary of all the Fatso Reviews
Total Reviews: 7
2 stars: 7
Bollywood Hungama 2 stars: FATSO has a winning beginning, but it tapers as it moves towards the middle and concluding act. While the plot had the potential to develop into a captivating experience, it loses focus midway and more so towards the final moments. The film is well shot, while the music doesn’t work. The dialogue are real at places. On the whole, FATSO appeals in bits and spurts. It had the potential, but doesn’t quite reach there!
IBN 2 stars: It’s Ranvir Shorey alone who emerges the saving grace of Fatso, delivering a fine, vulnerable performance that never slips into caricature. Even when the film loses steam and the script lets him down, it’s only Shorey who holds your attention as the pudgy underdog hero. In the end, Fatso never exploits its full potential, and opts for a far-too-convenient resolution. I’m going with two out of five for director Rajat Kapoor’s Fatso. Enjoyable only in bits.
Daily Bhaskar 2 stars: Fatso rides on the shoulders of Rajat Kapoor’s direction and Ranvir Shorey’s performance. A confusing screenplay, poor writing and music and impactless dialogues leave Fatso in a very uncomfortable position. Overall, Fatso falls flat in its narrative, which makes it a dull affair. It’s strictly a one time watch.
Movie Talkies 2 stars: However, having said that, the first fifteen minutes of the film seems like a documentary on college life and one tends to keep waiting for the director to get to the point. Moreover, Nandini, who is broken up over Navin’s death and considers Sudeep a good friend, seems to fall in love with him quite suddenly without much wooing from Sudeep’s part. Indeed, if the director had showed how a fat Sudeep courts Nandini and slowly wins her heart, it would have seemed more believable.
DNA 2 stars: Where Kapoor’s characters are relatable and the idea of poking fun at life after death is intriguing, it falls sorely short of being explored to its full potential. In one scene a dead man says there’s nothing called heaven and hell, yeh sirf logo ko bewakoof banana ke liye kehte hai. Kapoor’s attempt is a lot like that, after that promising trailer.
Mid-Day 2 stars: Though Kohli is the lead attraction in the first half, Shorey’s padded paunch convincingly carries the baton forward. What’s not convincing is Nandini falling so easily for Sudeep in the end. However, the high point also occurs during the climax when Sudeep breaks into a soliloquy about all the things he loves, thereby exposing the real message of the film: Appreciate life while one is alive.
Rediff 2 stars: Tragically enough, the film doesn’t stick to the guns the concept inherently offers. The basic idea is a fine one, offering both room for smart humour and murky moral ambiguity, but while Kapoor and his (mostly) competent cast sharply enough conjure up some smiling moments, the film squanders the most potentially thrilling aspects of the idea and leaves us with something half-baked.
