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Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: The movie's ostensible distinction is its coupling of Bollywood and kung fu, but it's really a self-realization course dressed up as kinetic comedy. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: If you can get into the frenetic rhythm of the thing, it has its charms. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: Crass, schizophrenic, culturally insensitive, horribly paced, and shameless in its pandering to the lowest common denominator. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: If Chandni Chowk to China is any indication, a combination of Bollywood and kung-fu movies is something the world needed without even realizing it. Read more
Michael Hardy, Boston Globe: Chandni Chowk to China is Bollywood's all-singing, all-dancing, all-Hindi bid to conquer America. Read more
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Sold as a groundbreaking convergence of Asia's leading cinematic influences -- kung fu flicks and Bollywood extravaganzas -- it can only be termed genre-mashup overkill. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: If only it were as much fun as its trailer! Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Chandni has martial- arts montages and Bollywood song-and-dance numbers. As tacky as the latter are, they're the sweet -- and only? -- draw of the movie. They also give this slight comedy-adventure its epic and unearned length. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Chandni Chowk to China is the first Bollywood movie to be released in the U.S. in the wake of the Bollywood-inflected Slumdog Millionaire. Let's hope it's not the last. Read more
Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: Half Bollywood, Half Chinese, all nonsense spectacle. Nikhil Advani's sprawling action-comedy has the feel of great ambition designed by committee. Read more
Frank Lovece, Newsday: Less a Bollywood bonbon than a pan-Asian fusion dish, this combination of Indian musical and Chinese chopsocky is, nonetheless, delicious fun. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Think of the title of this Bollywood/martial-arts mashup as a riff on North by Northwest. And like that preeminent American entertainment, CC2C is stylish, slick and full of fun. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Chandi Chowk is fun but somewhat exhausting, with several elaborate production numbers, a bullet-proof umbrella that also serves as a parachute, a magical potato -- plus a running time just over 2 1/2 hours, which is short by Bollywood standards. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: There simply isn't enough Indian spice to make this ancient Chinese recipe fresh. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: If Slumdog Millionaire's success has Hollywood thinking American audiences are ready for the authentic Indian movie experience, Chandni Chowk to China could quickly put the kibosh on that notion. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Like the cinematic equivalent of someone appearing on Mr. Blackwell's Ten Worst-Dressed list, the movie is a garish mix of conflicting styles and genres, cross-pollinating overproduced musical numbers, cheesy melodrama, and kung-fu. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It will appeal to the large Indian audiences in North America and to Bollywood fans in general, who will come out wondering why this movie, of all movies, was chosen as Hollywood's first foray into commercial Indian cinema. Read more
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle: To appreciate this scenic spectacle requires a leap of faith that will test even die-hard Bollywood fans. Read more
Peter Schilling, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Chandni Chowk to China supposedly is the 'the first-ever Bollywood kung-fu comedy,' which makes me pray fervently that it will also be the last. Read more
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: In fact, at two hours and 34 minutes, CC2C is too much by a half: too much dancing and fighting and too much footage of the Great Wall of China. Read more
Jason Anderson, Toronto Star: The first-ever Bollywood kung fu comedy qualifies as deliriously and endearingly bizarre. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: This Indian/Chinese cinematic hybrid is likable and entertaining but overlong and occasionally hokey. Read more
David Chute, Village Voice: Shapeless, shameless, and slapdash. Read more