Turning 30 Movie Reviews

Mid-life crisis or a much-needed metamorphosis: it's up to each individual on how they tackle the turning-thirty tumult in their life. For quintessential cosmo girl, Gul Panag, this turnstile threatens to end up as the biggest stumbling block in her life. Like a desi Bridget Jones, she swears and hollers at any and everybody who dares to cross her thorny path. And thorny it is....Her love life's over; her job's in jeopardy; her boss is a jerk

Turning 30 suffers from an incurable Sex and the City hangover, but it's neither as smart nor as spunky as that popular television show. Naina (played by Gul Panag) is two weeks away from her thirtieth birthday when the boyfriend she was looking forward to marrying dumps her for a loaded heiress. Things aren't much better at work either, where her boss repeatedly promotes a colleague over her. Her two closest girlfriends try to distract her

A wise man once said: "The only time you actually live entirely is from 30 to 60. The young are slaves to aspirations and ambitions, while the old are servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits." Despite this some people dread aging or in this case, turning 30...Why does turning 30 give people, more particularly women, nightmares? Maybe it has to do with the perceived 'frightful' things that come with that age

Under the guise of Bridget Jones Diary , Turning 30 actually happens to be female version of Devdas . That's because the film starts with breakup between a couple and, through the film, the girl is unable to get over it. Naina (Gul Panag) is unable to move on from her spilt-up with Rishabh (Siddharth Makkar). And though ex-flame Jai (Purab Kohli) coincidentally lands in her life around the same time, she is unable to make up her mind

Naina is turning 30, and she’s all set for the big three oh : she’s practically engaged to the guy she’s madly in love with, and she’s on the verge of big things at the office. And then, in the grand tradition of all chick flicks, most of which come out of the ‘He’s Not That Into You’ and ‘Sex And The City’ Hollywood stream, everything goes down the chute. She gets dumped. Her boss dumps on her. And there she is, this girl that’s twenty nine going

Two weeks before her 30th birthday, Naina played by Gul Panag, is in bliss. She has a happening job and a boyfriend who cooks for her using olive oil so we know that he’s just right. But then, quite suddenly, it all falls apart. The job unravels, the boyfriend dumps her and she finds herself aging, tearful and alone. Turning 30, written and directed by debutant Alankrita Shrivastava, wants to be a sexy, insightful, tough-talking chick-flick

I almost feel obligated to say that I have enjoyed filmmaker Michel Gondry's work. I think his Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is an amazing film about love and loss and the role of memory in how people cope with a broken heart. I was so impressed by his repertoire as a music video director that I bought the first DVD collection of his work. Generally speaking, I also like Seth Rogen. He is rude, crude and periodically funny. Oh yes, and I also like 3D

Turning 30 is an Indian version of Sex in the city, just that the 30 minutes are stretched over a painful two hours. The entire film is built around a woman's dreaded fear of turning thirty-years-old, a neatly marketed western concept devised to make woman shop & spend money like maniacs. A niche chick lit film, the screenplay of Turning 30 has nothing new to offer, beyond the usual new age tripe. Most of the situations are predictable, the characters

Okay, so she's turned 30. If knowing she isn't just a 20-something wasn't bad enough, Naina (Gul Panag) has to also deal with heartbreak and losing her job. From making wedding plans and bringing in her birthday to hurling abuses and cussing her ex-boyfriend, she has quite a lot on her plate. It's difficult to describe Turning 30 as it is like a pendulum -- constantly swinging from one emotion to the other. The film also consists of a lot of unnecessary baggage

The idea of an Indian chick flick is exciting for sure. Turning 30 talks about a typical 30-year-old independent Mumbai woman’s life. Sure, we expect alcohol, cigarettes, men, sex, office politics and all that to be part of the film, but, unfortunately, by the end of the film you wonder if there’s anything more to a woman's life than whining, wining and chasing men who don’t want her. Naina Singh (Panag) is an advertising professional