Hotel Mumbai

Icon Film Distribution | Release Date: March 22, 2019

7.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 179 Ratings

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KeithDowApr 10, 2019

Even Dev Patel can't save 'Hotel Mumbai,' which relies too heavily on coincidental timing to amp up the drama while bogging down the story with numerous errors in logic and continuity.

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GreatMartinMar 29, 2019

In November 2008 Mumbai, India, was under attack by 10 terrorists and "Hotel Mumbai" concentrates on the one that took place at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. There is no getting away from the violence that took place and which takes up most ofIn November 2008 Mumbai, India, was under attack by 10 terrorists and "Hotel Mumbai" concentrates on the one that took place at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. There is no getting away from the violence that took place and which takes up most of the film in graphic showings.

This is Anthony Maras's directional debut and goes mainly by the numbers. Though he, and his co-screenwriter, John Collee, try to look into the stories of some of the humans involved there really is/was too much in what is/was happening.

We do meet the 10 terrorists at the beginning of the film arriving at the Mumbai shore in a raft and watch as they go off to their assigned deeds constantly in touch with the leader of their Islamic terrorist organization who is called Brother Bull. He promises them money and Paradise in the name of Allah which gives him complete control of the gullible, vulnerable boys, young men.

Dev Patel, who I saw in a much better, stronger role this week in "The Wedding Guest", plays a waiter at the hotel, married with 1 child and another on the way, who really needs the job but that's all we really get to know about him. There is his boss, Anupam Kher, who I really l like in the TV series, "New Amsterdam", playing the head chef and boss of the restaurant who we really don't find out much about except he believes the 'Guest is god' and won't accept less from his staff.

There is Armie Hammer, with his young Indian bride, Nazanin Boniadi, their young baby and his nanny, Tilda Cobham-Hervey not to forget the mysterious Russian guy Jason Isaacs, who you wish the terriorist would 'take out'. Yes, true story or not, there will be those you don't want to die!

In spite of the high body count, and the violence, the movie moves fast, has some suspenseful moments and, if you didn't know anything about those attacks, I didn't, it's a lesson on what is going on in other parts of the world that will wake you up to the fact that we are not alone.

About the attacks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks… Expand

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Brent_MarchantMar 29, 2019

Despite a noble intent to celebrate the unsung heroes of a major terrorist tragedy, this overlong recounting of the 2008 Taj Mahal Hotel attack places disproportionate attention on the violence and not enough emphasis on the courageousDespite a noble intent to celebrate the unsung heroes of a major terrorist tragedy, this overlong recounting of the 2008 Taj Mahal Hotel attack places disproportionate attention on the violence and not enough emphasis on the courageous efforts of the staff to protect and save the facility's innocent guests. While the film holds nothing back in accurately depicting the relentless brutality of the insurgents, it places more attention on telling that side of the story than what the film is said to actually be about. Though competently made, regrettably the picture focuses more on the body count than its larger-than-life heroics, veering into territory that becomes a little too needlessly graphic and gratuitous. This is a difficult film to watch, so sensitive viewers should definitely pass on this one. And, for those made of heartier stuff, be aware that the film could have been a far better offering with a change in focus.… Expand

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TyranianDec 29, 2019

Fairly well-directed but overlong by 1/2 hour and full of underdeveloped characters.

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JLuis_001May 16, 2019

Hotel Mumbai is not a bad film but it's the kind of film that will hardly manage to create a remarkable impression in oneself as a viewer.

What I mean by that is that its structure never manages to find a correct voice on how they want toHotel Mumbai is not a bad film but it's the kind of film that will hardly manage to create a remarkable impression in oneself as a viewer.

What I mean by that is that its structure never manages to find a correct voice on how they want to narrate the terrible real events with which the story deals.
The problem is that this film goes from being a drama, to an action thriller and everything becomes a mixture that comes out a bit more graceful because of its cast rather than the script. Which also because of the obvious tragedy that is narrating, it cannot avoid to fall into emotional manipulation .

It wasn't bad. Irrelevant at most but certainly not bad.Hotel Mumbai is not a bad film but it's the kind of film that will hardly manage to create a remarkable impression in oneself as a viewer.

What I mean by that is that its structure never manages to find a correct voice on how they want to narrate the terrible real events with which the story deals.
The problem is that this film goes from being a drama, to an action thriller and everything becomes a mixture that comes out a bit more graceful because of its cast rather than the script. Which also because of the obvious tragedy that is narrating, it cannot avoid to fall into emotional manipulation .

It wasn't bad. Irrelevant at most but certainly not bad.… Expand

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SaintVulcanJun 27, 2019

以恐怖袭击为题材却叙事平淡，波澜不惊，选点怪异，观看下来总有一股不伦不类的违和感，这么处理倒不如拍成纪录片。

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