I think I may have lost my sense of humor. The last two movies I’ve seen (Shortkut & Life Partner) are supposed to be comedies. I usually laugh when something is even remotely funny. I totally cracked up through all of Dhamaal, I loved Dostana, Om Shanti Om was hilarious. Has the standard of comedy just gone down lately? Because I didn’t find either of these last two films even remotely funny. Maybe it’s just me…

Life Partner’s decent enough though, but not as a comedy. Sure there are a few funny lines here and there, mainly from Govinda, but overall it’s more of a drama. Between a couple having a love marriage and a couple having an arranged marriage. Fardeen and Genelia make a cute couple, but Genelia starts to get very annoying, especially when she’s supposed to be angry. She ends up shrieking and squealing, and it becomes very irritating. Tusshar and Prachi are cute as well. Though you end up getting frustrated with Tusshar when he refuses to stick up for his wife.

Govinda’s role is a bit weird, him being the playboy, but he pulls it off well, it’s a good performance from him. Though his pairing with Amrita Rao was definitely weird. Out of the other four actors, the only disappointment for me was Genelia. I hope she calms down for her upcoming movie with Shahid.

I personally loved the music in this movie. Poorza Poorza (Amrita was a total surprise), Kuke Kuke, Teri Meri Yeh Zindagi, and my fav, Gunji Angana Mein (love the garba-ness, I never get to see that in an Indian movie). Aage Aage was good too, but I didn’t like the English in it.

Overall, Life Partner isn’t a bad movie, but it’s not all that great either. Average I guess. It’s the T-word: Timepass.

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