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DANGEROUS ISHHQ Movie Reviews
Hindi language romantic thriller about a supermodel who visits her past lives after her boyfriend is kidnapped. Cast: Karisma Kapoor, Rajniesh Duggal, Rajneesh Duggal, Jimmy Shergill, Divya Dutta, Ruslaan Mumtaz Director: Vikram Bhatt Release Date: May 11, 2012 DVD Release: TBD From: Reliance BIG Pictures Length: 2 hr 10 min

Dangerous Ishhq, Weak Reviews (Bollywood) Limited

Updated: Wed, Sep 12 2012, 12:54pm
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Dangerous Ishhq

Dangerous Ishhq played in limited release to weak reviews. • Mark Olsen wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "Packs a lot of action — if not a lot of sense — into its story... weaves between a quilt of romantic thriller and historical drama.... It's all wildly over-complicated and at times even a bit difficult to track... visually exciting but narratively nonsensical... jumbled..."   More Reviews Below...

Dangerous Ishhq
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35.8% nr 37.5% nr 35.8% 37.5% 36.9% nr na
Averages: 51.7% 54.3% 51.9% 47.1% 45.9% 49.0% 49.7% 54.4%
* 35.8% positive reviews out of 100%

Reviews & Quotes (2)


BROAD NATIONAL PRESS (0 Reviews)

 Dangerous Ishhq has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (2 Reviews)

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 Dangerous Ishhq has not been reviewed in Key Cities

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HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)

Rachel Saltz, New York Times: WEAK
"...feels out of time, beamed from a long-ago era of preposterous plotting and cheesy effects.... Ms. Kapoor and Mr. Duggall don't have much chemistry, and the film is too silly to have any emotional traction. In Hindi cinema, that's unforgivable." (See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...) (Read the full review...)
267 words, 05/11/12

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: FAIR
"Packs a lot of action -- if not a lot of sense -- into its story... weaves between a quilt of romantic thriller and historical drama.... It's all wildly over-complicated and at times even a bit difficult to track... visually exciting but narratively nonsensical... jumbled..." (See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...) (Read the full review...)
276 words, 05/18/12

MOVIE INDUSTRY (2 Reviews)

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: FAIR
"Packs a lot of action -- if not a lot of sense -- into its story... weaves between a quilt of romantic thriller and historical drama.... It's all wildly over-complicated and at times even a bit difficult to track... visually exciting but narratively nonsensical... jumbled..." (See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...) (Read the full review...)
276 words, 05/18/12

Rachel Saltz, New York Times: WEAK
"...feels out of time, beamed from a long-ago era of preposterous plotting and cheesy effects.... Ms. Kapoor and Mr. Duggall don't have much chemistry, and the film is too silly to have any emotional traction. In Hindi cinema, that's unforgivable." (See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...) (Read the full review...)
267 words, 05/11/12
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Review Mixture
9.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews
(Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Dangerous Ishhq

Dangerous Ishhq's reviews are separated by an average 9.0 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.

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Coverage, Volume & Length
Dangerous Ishhq

Coverage: Dangerous Ishhq's reviews cover 5.1% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume: The film's reviews total 543 words in volume (average is 20,194 words). Length: The film's reviews average 272 words in length (the norm is 517 words).

Dangerous Ishhq
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Opening Day Reviews
Reviews Broke 51.5 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Dangerous Ishhq

Dangerous Ishhq's reviews on average broke 51.5 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Dangerous Ishhq's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.

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