Highway

Name: Highway
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: February 21, 2014
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 40

2014

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| Release Date: February 21, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Right before her wedding, the daughter (Alia Bhatt) of a major industrialist, is abducted and held for ransom. As the days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper (Randeep Hooda).

Director: Imtiaz Ali

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 133 min

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Ronnie Scheib

Feb 20, 2014

Tracing a journey of self-discovery through six North Indian states without a formal script, Ali’s actors, like his characters, effectively improvise in a meandering present tense, stripped of any viable destination. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Danny Bowes

Feb 21, 2014

There's a lot to like in Ali's latest, Highway, which is a gorgeously assembled, ambitious piece of work, although it doesn't coalesce into a holistically successful film. Read full review

Deborah Young

Feb 20, 2014

Ali has a deft hand in creating a fantasy world based on the classical Sita-Ravana model, and gives Bhatt free rein to project herself with unabashed teenage appeal. Read full review

Rachel Saltz

Feb 20, 2014

The cinematographer Anil Mehta’s lovely, unfussy images ground the film and show us a good bit of India... Mr. Ali’s story, though, wanders too long and too far, sometimes coming off like a forced mash-up of “It Happened One Night” and “Patty Hearst.” Read full review

Zachary Wigon

Feb 20, 2014

The degree to which Highway candies up Veera's slumming toward freedom feels so fundamentally out of touch with the realities of poverty that it skirts into offensiveness. Read full review

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YousefShokry

Jan 15, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. BEST MOVIE EVER WATCHED , great acting , great natural scenes, beautiful actress and awesome thinking , love Alia bh-at very much, i cried serveral times during the movie :D… Expand

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Thegodfatherson

Feb 23, 2014

A scary prospect is that Highway might not make money at the box office. Some will no doubt criticize the film’s silences, long takes and lack of naach gaana. That’ll be a shame because it’s not often that a successful commercial filmmaker has the courage to take a sharp left from theA scary prospect is that Highway might not make money at the box office. Some will no doubt criticize the film’s silences, long takes and lack of naach gaana. That’ll be a shame because it’s not often that a successful commercial filmmaker has the courage to take a sharp left from the blockbuster formulae and make something that’s different. There is so much to appreciate in Highway and if it can goad other commercial filmmakers to take notice and also dare to try something new, we’ll all be richer for it.… Expand

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Medley

May 12, 2014

It may not be perfect (very few films, if any, are) but this is definitely one of the best films that I've seen in a while and definitely my favorite of the year so far. It has a great story, good music, beautiful cinematography, & incredible acting from the two leads, Alia Bhatt's acting isIt may not be perfect (very few films, if any, are) but this is definitely one of the best films that I've seen in a while and definitely my favorite of the year so far. It has a great story, good music, beautiful cinematography, & incredible acting from the two leads, Alia Bhatt's acting is particularly phenomenal. Please don't miss this resonating and emotionally impact full film.

**I know it's still early in the year but I think that this film has awards potential.… Expand

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