Good Newwz Movie, Review

Raj Mehta's Good Newwz Movie, Review

Good Newwz Movie Cast:

Akshay Kumar
Kareena Kapoor
Diljit Dosanjh
Kiara Advani
Adil Hussain
Tisca Chopra

Movie Director:

Raj Mehta

Good Newwz Movie, Review

Good Newwz, starring Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor khan. The film rests on the horrifying possibility that a reputed fertility clinic would mix up the sperm samples of two men, while each is undergoing IVF (in vitro fertilization) with his respective wife.

Akshay kumar & Kareena kapoor khan play Varun Batara and Deepti Batra, a Mumbai couple who've been trying to get pregnant for last 6 years. She is desperate to have a baby, and treats it as a sort of mission for the couple to accomplish.

They're referred to a specialist doctor couple, the Joshis (Adil Hussain and Tisca Chopra), who recommend in vitro fertilization as a potential solution. But they're not the only couple having trouble in the baby-making department. The doctors are also treating another pair of Batras from Chandigarh, Honey (Diljit Dosanjh) and Monika (Kiara Advani)

The scenes between the two couples are crackling, much of the humor stemming from how different they are, and from the issue of the oncoming babies' 'ownership' in this kind of situation. I don't know about you, but I'm bored of watching Akshay Kumar play different versions of the honorable patriot or the conscience keeper of the nation in every other film, so it's especially refreshing to see him play this elitist jerk who, like his wife, wants to have nothing to do with the loud, unsophisticated Batras. Playing into that stereotype of the over-the-top Punjabis, Diljit and Kiara ham it up sportingly as the fashion challenged couple whose mangling of English words is a source of great amusement to the admittedly shallow Varun.

Second hour as the humor dries up, the film slips into full-blown melodrama and sentimentality. We watch the thawing of Varun, triggered by an impassioned speech by his wife on the physical.

Good Newwz doesn't go off the rails when the tone shifts, it's because the actors stay sincere and committed as the narrative evolves. The heart of the film is its cast anyway. Akshay Kumar is in good form, serving up a reminder of just how funny he can be. There isn't much heavy lifting expected from Kiara Advani, but she matches the comic timing of her co-stars without trouble. It's Kareena Kapoor khan who deserves special mention for rooting her character in believably. Looking like she's walked straight out a fashion glossy, her Deepu is nevertheless grounded, real, and provides the most honest insight into why it's so important for her to be a mother. I also think Diljit Dosanjh is terrific as Honey Batra, whose loud exterior hides an unmistakably sensitive core. He's also not far behind Akshay when it comes to comic timing.

I'm going with 3.5 star out of 5 star for Good Newwz Movie.