This is a film that wants to be many things all at once – a rom-com between a fading star and the next big thing, also a clever satire on Bollywood. It’s overlong at 135 minutes, and on occasion dreadfully boring. Saif Ali Khan can still pull off goofy humor better than most others, but how many times does he have to play the same part before we can all agree that he’s too old for this schtick?

A series of been-here, seen-this moments and a wasted opportunity…

Happy Ending isn’t half as clever as it needed to be…I suspect that somewhere in there was a genuinely sparkling and subversive love story. Sadly, it never emerges.

Happy Ending can hold your attention throughout its length except some not-so-necessary intimate scenes. There is enough in the story to provide you a good dose of entertainment, you just don’t need to expect too much.

Happy Ending, at its core, is pretentious and doesn’t quite live up to expectations, save for Govinda, who lights up the screen with his mere presence and those legendary moves.

In a film that every cast member is so desperately trying to fit in, he is the only one who actually manages to convince us that he truly belongs there and he knows it.

If you expect Happy Ending to get somewhere, you are watching the wrong film.

Do not expect the world from Happy Ending and you might actually find in it enough enjoyable patches to make a trip to the multiplex worth your while.

Romcom seems like an easy genre to execute but clearly is not everyone’s cup of tea. With a good budget and good looking actor it’s easy to make a good looking film but it’s tough to make an entertaining one.

Happy Ending is a decent one-time watch.

The title of the film does not justify its ending. It is too predictable and falls flat in the end. You can watch the film if witty comedies entertain you. Another reason to watch the film is Govinda, Ranveer and Kalki. All in all, it is an average film with not so happy ending.

Happy Ending is barely ‘hatke’…Endings, says Yudi, are hard as he explains why there is a stack of unfinished manuscripts on his shelf. The makers also struggle to reach their own version of a happy ending.

‘Happy Ending’ which aspires to be a romantic comedy has an insipid romantic track and a very, very flimsy humour track as well.

Of the 136 minutes run-time, only the last 20 minutes or so are bearable and resemble anything of what a film should be. For the rest of the time, we are treated to a documentary with even Saif Ali Khan’s wife coming on screen.

It is sure disappointing that a film which gives you hopes of being an intelligent, witty satire, ends up being as predictable and soppy as the film it intended to make fun of.

Happy Ending is recommended for anyone who is even slightly interested in romantic comedies. That however does not take help the fact that you would want more out of these two directors than just give you something ‘regular’. For one, I would have liked if the film had more to do with the writer trying to figure his story rather than his love story.

If you have nothing better to this weekend, book your tickets of Happy Ending, or wait for the movie to come on TV. You will not miss anything, if you miss Happy Ending.

It’s disappointing that director duo Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru (Go Goa Gone) have come with as film that is pretentious and hollow, embracing the very cliches it makes fun of. After all, it’s unfair when a pot calls the kettle black.

You have to give points to Happy Ending for at least trying to be different, even if not whole-heartedly. There are a few points in the film where you catch yourself inadvertently thinking a little deeper about love and its place in our world today. For me, that by itself is an achievement. Sure, I might not need a film to get me thinking about love and relationships, but it feels good when one gets you to.

Having churned small-scale films like “99”, “Shor in The City” and “Go Goa Gone”, this fare did come across a struggling attempt to paint a larger canvas for the directors. However, the side-splitting humour and the well-crafted narrative is a plus and ferries the boat pretty well.
The witty one-liners by Govinda, Saif’s inimitable charm and “G Phaad Ke” are the high-points of the film.

…if you don’t have a problem with a misogynist point of view, can deal with regressive writing, the film might work for you.
Besides the film has a decent first half, some smart lines and Above All, a dancing Govinda.