Welcome to New York

The film fails miserably in its intent if the intent were to spoof Bollywood, as it only does that for the sake of punchlines and does not explore it better.

The 3D effects are unwarranted. As for the special graphic effects, the visual element that stands out is the scene which is designed like a stylized, comic book narrative, giving us a brief insight into Arjun's (Karan Johar) backstory. The film has decent production values and actual IIFA Awards shots are seamlessly meshed into the narrative.

The film is a torturous endorsement of IIFA. The only question popping up in your mind is, 'What is it?' Is it a film or a fancy documentary on IIFA Awards in New York. Enter the theatre at your own risk or at least carry a punching bag along with you if you are unfortunate to see it.

Claims to be India's first ever 3d comedy film. God knows what 3-dimensional motion we saw in the film. We are saving 2 hrs of your life by recommending you not to watch this one.

On the whole, this movie does not even fall in the trashy category. Even some of the worst films have unintentional humour, this doesn't even has that to boast of. Please give it a miss and watch Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety instead for some genuine comedy.

I still cannot decipher the reason behind this over-120 minute apology of a movie. Is there something I failed to glean from the storyline? Are the proceeds and profits (wishful thinking, methinks) going to charity? Did everyone work on this film for free?

Welcome To New York is totally lost in New York, and looks nothing more than an extended IIFA trailer. It's not worth wasting your time, money, patience and intelligence on this mind-numbing promotional video.

The movie itself is terribly made. It uses footage from the IIFA awards, showing how stars arrive and are seated and are cheering for something that's happening on stage. It's so terribly inserted, even lay people in the audience can see clearly that it is not shot for the film. And if IIFA paid money to promote their brand, the audience will prove that content, not footage is king. Am sure Karan Johar's cell phone has smarter and more interesting video footage than this awful, awful film.

Extremely poor direction and writing from Toleti and Dheeraj Rattan are just the top of the iceberg of this ill-executed film. It doesn't have any flow or sense. Given it's a comedy, I don't think I laughed more than twice the entire movie, thanks to Riteish Deshmukh and his comic timing. Anyhow, this movie was a complete waste of time and the 300 bucks I spent on the ticket. Watch it on your own risk.