Lagaan Critic Reviews

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Boston Globe | Aseem ChhabraAdd Critic to Favorites

An epic film in every respect.Read the full review

The New York Times | Dave KehrAdd Critic to Favorites

Lagaan may look naïve; it is anything but. This is a movie that knows its business — pleasing a broad, popular audience -- and goes about it with savvy professionalism and genuine flair.Read the full review

Variety | Derek ElleyAdd Critic to Favorites

Neither pure masala musical nor pure masala meller, Lagaan is an involving, easily digestible hunk of pure entertainment that could be the trigger for Bollywood's long-awaited crossover to non-ethnic markets.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Edward GuthmannAdd Critic to Favorites

Rippingly good, old-fashioned movie epic.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

Raises it to the level of an art film with fully drawn characters, a serious underlying theme, and a sophisticated style and point of view.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites

By the time Lagaan climaxes with 90 minutes of remarkably riveting cricket, the stakes and the effects on the players have taken on a vivid clarity, and what might have started out as corny clichés have become the stuff of classic movie entertainment.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

The unlikeliest enthralling movie to be released so far this year.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

An enormously entertaining movie, like nothing we've ever seen before, and yet completely familiar.Read the full review

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