I have always maintained that one should have a very clear understanding of one’s expectation from a movie while booking the tickets and you will not be disappointed. Same is the case with Housefull 2. When you have seen the promos, you know what you are going for and what your expecations are? You expect the movie to be utter brainless comedy with tons of slapstick and gags, right? And that’s exactly what you get from this as well. The movie is actually hilarious if you don’t get into the logic of things. Most of the scenes are actually quite entertaining and though it’s almost 3 hour long, it doesn’t seem to bore you throughout most of it’s length. Recommended if you are just looking for some brainless humour and entertainment out of the boring everyday life.
The movie revolves around one word : Confusion. Jai wants to marry X (I forgot the character’s name). Jai’s father goes to fix his shaadi with Henna who is Rishi Kapoor’s daughter who’s Randhir Kapoor’s step brother who has a daughter called Bobby. Rishi doesn’t like Jai’s rishta and Jai’s father suffers a heart attach. Jai wants to take revenge and sends Max as Jolly, the billionaire JD’s son to marry Henna who gets confused and falls for Bobby. Then Jai and Jolly send Sunny who is Max’s ex-best friend to pataofy Henna. Also, Jolly loves J-Lo but is scared of his dad JD. Well, then they all land up at JD’s house and then enters X and her Father who is incidentally JD’s old friend and they had fixed X and Jolly’s marriage during their childhood. Okay, so basically all over a dozen characters are at the same place and all 4 Sasurs and Bahus think one of the four dulhas to be the real Jolly. Confused? Wait till you watch the movie. The confusion goes on and on and on but in a very fun filled and entertaining way.
Performance wise Akshay has been given the maximum footage and he is the pick of the lot too. Nothing award winning from any one but no body seemed awkward or pathetic. Even the girls seem to have done their jobs. Looking pretty and all that you see. Except Zarine Khan who is paired opposite Riteish Deshmukh for some reason! May be that’s to do with her weight/size that she just seemed a big misfit in the whole cast. Almost every one is funny where they are supposed to.
The script and dialogues take the cake here, no matter how confusing the plot becomes. Sajid Khan has managed to pull a close one and through his tribute to 70s cinema and Ranjeet-ism, doesn’t let you bore in most of the length. As soon as the movie goes down, he puts a gag somewhere and you are back on track. It’s amazing how he managed to hold the audience’s attention in a slapstick for almost 3 hours.
Overall, an entertaining, fun filled, slapstick which though definitely is not one of the best comedies you would have seen, but still is entertaining enough so that you don’t feel disappointed.
Feel-O-Meter : 7/10