Kai Po Che 2013

Rachel Saltz, New York Times: Mixes, not quite successfully, traditional Bollywood storytelling with something less conventional. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: [The acting] is technically accomplished, but never quite transcends their scripted traits, rendering the film's tonal shifts more matter of fact than emotionally wrenching. Read more

Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter: A rollicking male-bonding picture about three buddies who open a cricket academy in India's exotic Gujarat, Brothers for Life turns extremely dark and violent in the last half hour, becoming a far more significant film. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Its performances are enjoyably boisterous, and director Abhishek Kapoor refuses to linger on cliches for too long ... Read more

Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail: A film that might be the next Bend It Like Beckham - if it did not have the sensibilities of the next Dr. Zhivago. Read more

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: It's a sprawling tale of friendship during a tumultuous time of sectarian strife in India. Read more

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice: The dramatic stakes are so puny that every obstacle can be overcome with a simple work-it-out montage, a cheap device prevalent enough in this movie to start a drinking game. Read more