Jail

Jail is Bhandarkar’s most straightfowrad social treatise to date.

Kudos to Bhandarkar for taking an ekdum different take on the notorious Indian jail.

...well-made film from an expert storyteller.

...Madhur roars in form once again. Jail will have you thinking.

...grim, gritty and stark, and, despite a saggy middle, very watchable.

...works mainly due to Bhandarkar's direction and Neil's fabulous performance.

From "Jail", one expected a gritty, hard-hitting and thought-provoking drama. Bhandarkar delivers all this and lots more.

...Madhur Bhandarkar has taken upon himself to sensitize his audience to the plight of the people who live in a world we know exists and choose to ignore. He does so in a matter-of-fact tone. He doesn't sermonize, he doesn't glamorize.

Because it's well-intentioned and settles for a hopeful message, you stay with the film despite the fact that it's never quite compelling.

Compare Jail to Madhur Bhandarkar’s earlier works and you would be disappointed to a degree. Nevertheless, compare it to many other mediocre movies of today and Jail is still a step ahead.

Bhandarkar’s cinema has often been called hard-hitting but the trouble with Jail is that it simply doesn’t hit hard enough.

The film is able to involve the spectators completely, but sometimes it faces the danger of being called a documentary and that too a depressing one.

...a been there, done that prison story that has nothing new to offer.

Lacking the traditional drama and style of a Bhandarkar film, Jail has convincing performances but fails to leave an imprint on your mind like the predecessors.

Jail isn't terrible by Bhandarkar's standards.

Watch Jail only if you are in the mood for a documentary on prisoners.

What we may have liked to know, like with any story, is something more about the hero himself — his past, his conflicts, his shattered dreams. It could’ve greatly helped with the sorely missed empathy.

Hey Mr Bhandarkar, it's time to think of a new formula, or choose a subject that thrills like Fashion.

Get real, appreciate Jail for being as rough, real and dammit, outspoken. Sorry guys, want to..however it’s anything but.

...Jail is well-made, but the subject itself is just too depressing and dreary to serve as entertainment, no matter how hard everyone tries.

Bhandarkar’s Jail is a faded tapestry of characters, location and situations that hang about aimlessly without striking any real conversation among themselves or with us.

...lacks the realistic bite of other prison films and also falls short of connecting the audience to the character’s angst.

...formulaic, below average Bollywood headache, slowed down to lugubrious dullness.

If there is anything unpredictable in this extremely familiar film, it is how non-sensational it is.

If the film works, it will only be because of Madhur's execution. Otherwise, Jail has nothing new to offer.