Average Ratings:3.04/5
Score:66% Positive
Reviews Counted:12
Positive:8
Neutral:2
Negative:2
Ratings:3/5 Review By:Rajeev Masand Site:CNNNews 18
If youve ever wondered what the love child of a staunchly realistic filmmaker and Bollywoods most unabashedly populist star might resemble, youre looking at it. As a throwback to those thrilling gangster films from the 70s, many starring Amitabh Bachchan and scripted by Salim-Javed, Raees delivers ample bang for your buck. Im going with three out of five.
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Ratings:4/5 Review By:Taran Adarsh Site:Twitter
On the whole, RAEES is a sure-shot hit. To state that SRK is sensational would be an understatement. The love, adulation and stardom that he attained in his early films will be showered on him yet again in RAEES. A few more factors contribute too: Nawazuddin Siddiquis winning act, the aimed-at-masses written material and of course, the gripping finale. As far as the BO is concerned, theres no stopping this one. An outright winner. Just dont miss it!
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Ratings:— Review By:Komal Nahta Site:Zee Bollywood Business
On the whole, Raees will turn out to be a comfortable winner at the ticket windows. Despite a routine story, it has a lot of masala for the audience to keep them satisfied. Business in the first five-day weekend will be phenomenal. Single-screen cinemas will see surging crowds of the kind not seen too often these days.
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Ratings:3/5 Review By:Anupama Chopra Site:Filmcompanion
The trouble is that Rahul is trying to create a gritty crime drama but he is also upholding the myth of the superstar Shah Rukh Khan. So the character must walk a tightrope and somehow be a noble badassThe best way to enjoy Raees then is to manage expectations first. This is an uneven film. In places, you will applaud and whistle. But you might also find yourself utterly exhausted. Still, as the girl in Dangal so memorably put it: Shah Rukh ko na nahi bolte. Paap lagta hai.
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Ratings:3/5 Review By:Saibal Site:NDTV
Harking back to the days of the anti-hero of the pre-Shah Rukh Khan era, Raees is a gangster saga with a contemporary spin. It takes recourse to subtle sleights of new-age style to compensate for what it lacks in terms of thematic essence and narrative pace. It makes a fair fist of the palpably onerous task. Shah Rukh shrugs off his defining starry mannerisms, embraces physical attributes and accessories designed to convey an air of to-hell-with-the-world insouciance, and becomes an effective anchor for a film that hinges overly on his box office clout to carry it across the finishing line.
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Ratings:2.5/5 Review By:Sai Suresh Site:Rediff
It is a story whose denouement is clear almost as soon the film rolls, and yet, if you sit through the film it is only to see the superstar play a character he has never done. So fatally flawed that even the redeeming features are not enough. It sure is a very bold Shah Rukh Khan who has stepped out of his comfort zone. Will the audience do so, too?
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Ratings:2.5/5 Review By:Shubhra Gupta Site:Indian Express
Shah Rukh Khan returns in and as Raees , a golden hearted mobster who does bad things for a good cause. It is a role constructed to grab back his pole position, and to that end Shah Rukh Khan strains at fulfilling every single point of the In and As trope. He sings and dances, he fights and romances: he also tries to fulfil the outlines of a character. And thats where the film gets stuck, between the two stools of restraint and full blown tamasha
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Ratings:2/5 Review By:Sarit Ray Site:Hindustan Times
Raees is a typical 80s potboiler. Disturbingly, like commercial cinema from that period, the moral compass is a bit off Yet, the problem is fundamental: the writing is shoddy and unoriginal. And by the time it wades into certain true events, it is left with too little time and meaning. Raees perhaps works only as an SRK showcase. But weve seen many of those already.
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Ratings:3.5/5 Review By:Nihit Bhave Site:Times Of India
The first half is well-paced; it draws you in and makes you root for the bootlegger; Majmudars one-liners and the music whet your appetite and the Laila Main Laila sequence ups the ante. But the second half plunges into a weird Robin Hood zone where the antiheros morals are suddenly defibrillated and he becomes a messiah. The movie takes a rough path there on, and the long runtime makes the ride bumpier. The movie can feel a bit long, but if youre going for a great Shah Rukh performance and some good ol popcorn-entertainment, it might just raees to the occasion.
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Ratings:3.5/5 Review By:Surabhi Redkar Site:Koimoi
The key element to Raees story is to keep the audience hooked and it pretty much works here. The film shifts from politics, to romance and action seamlessly, thus keeping a Bollywood fan entertained. Raees is a paisa-wasool entertainer for massy Bollywood fans! A 3.5/5 for this one.Raees is certainly a one-time watch. With Shah Rukh Khan in lead, many may not need me telling them to watch it. Also, Nawaz is a complete show-stealer here!
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Ratings:4.5/5 Review By:FE Online Site:Financial Express
Full of tightly-choreographed action sequences and a brilliantly written script, Raees finally marks the beginning of good movies in 2017. While the ending might seem a bit stretched to some audiences, Shahrukh will still manage to pull at your heart-strings.For those caught in the dilemma of whether to see Hrithik Roshans Kaabil or this film first, we would recommend booking your tickets (if theatres arent already full) for Raees.
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Ratings:2/5 Review By:Rohit Bhatnagar Site:Deccan Chronicle
‘Raees’ is certainly a one time watch but don’t expect the unexpected at all. If you are seeking a plot with enough twists then you will be disappointed. Its just the run-of-the-mill chor-police chase, which you must have seen infinite times in the past. Strongly recommended for Shah Rukh Khan fans.
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