Life Express Movie Reviews

We have no problems with the premise of the film. After all, the dilemma between fulfilling hard-headed career goals and meeting the demands of gender role play (playing perfect wife and super mom) confronts many an alpha woman today. Hence successful banker, Rituparna Sengupta's choice of opting for a womb on hire (Divya Dutta), until she has the time

I've often been asked, what makes a film different from another film bearing a similar storyline? My reply is, the execution of the subject makes all the difference. Recall DOOSRI DULHAN. Now recall CHORI CHORI CHUPKE CHUPKE. The issue - surrogate motherhood - isn't new, but if handled expertly, it would make for an interesting viewing. Sadly, LIFE EXPRESS fails and fails miserably.

Starting with its strange title, more suited to a slow train journey, Life Express is an embarrassing film, badly written and directed. Except for its central premise of surrogate motherhood, which is still relatively fresh, everything else about the film is outdated and clichéd, likely to give you an express headache. The dialogues are stilted and stiff, just like the two principal actors, Rituparno and Janjani, who complement each other in hamming

On the whole, Life Express is quite a lifeless enterprise. At the box-office, it will go completely unnoticed. As ...