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  • 4/5

The BEST thing about the money I spent on my ticket is that the theater showed both the Dilwale and Tamasha trailers WITH SUBTITLES! I was in heaven from the first moments!

But the movie was pretty darn good, too. I actually loved that I didn't know what was going on from the trailer until I saw it so I won't spoiler it at all. I compare it to Dave, a Kevin Kline movie from years ago, and that's all I'll say about the plot.

I'd give it three and a half to four stars out of five. Salman is in full on sweetness mode -- and that's how I like him. But not as dumb and stubborn as a rock like in Bajrangi Bhaijaan. There are SO many visual allusions to Mughal-e-Azam. Not necessarily plot allusions, but besides the ostrich feather song, there is a hall of mirrors that has a prominent role in the story.

The theater we saw it in doesn't usually show Hindi films (they have Telugu and Tamil), so it wasn't a full theater. I'm thinking most people will go this weekend, too, rather than a Thursday night.

I thought Sonam was very good, and their chemistry was good, but not sizzling. I mean Shahrukh Khan can turn on that Defcon III heat after he's been cute with a co-star, and I didn't get that vibe here. But that's okay. Really Sonam was trying to seduce him, and he was resisting for *reasons* and that's fun to watch as well.

This is a movie I wouldn't mind watching again. Once you know the reason for the mustache and no mustache it would be fun to watch from the beginning to see the differences in the way he carries himself.

The plot has some meat to it with family drama, and is not as lighter than air like Shaandaar was. It loses the momentum a bit in the middle section of the film, but it has an dramatic ending section.

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