Maximum Movie Review

Maximum Movie Review

Ojha's Opinion:

Contrary to its title, Maximum fails to purvey maximum, Sonu Sood was pretty excited about this one but has to sit back & rest with 'minimum'. However Hazel Keech may turn minimum to avg but not at all max.

Star Cast: Sonu Sood, Naseeruddin Shah, Neha Dhupia, Vinay Pathak, Hazel Keech (Item Song)
Directed By: Kabeer Kaushik
Genre: Crime Drama
Runtime/Duration: 1hr. 48mins.
In Theatres: June 29, 2012
Banner: Vainteya Films

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  18 Ext. Reviews | Avg Rating: 1.75/5

We are keeping an eye on all the critics' tweets, comments will arrive here before they publish the review, cause most critics tweet just as they walk out of the hall. :)


CNN IBN: By Rajeev Masand
Rating:  1.5/5

Maximum, directed by Kabeer Kaushik is an interesting idea that sadly doesn’t translate into a coherent film. The film is a blur of plans being hatched, accomplices switching sides, and information being compromised. But it’s hard to stay awake when it’s all unfolding so slowly. It’s all too grim and dull, and we don’t even get characters worth caring for. Only Sonu Sood performs earnestly, but he’s let down by a humorless script. He deserved better. So did we......Read Full Review

Bollywood Hungama: By Taran Adarsh
Rating:  2/5

MAXIMUM suffers for a valid reason: A skeletal plot that lacks meat in its screenplay. Kabeer may've borrowed from real-life, but he isn't able to bind the incidents and episodes convincingly so as to deliver an enthralling fictional fare. MAXIMUM has an attention-grabbing premise, but lacks the meat in its screenplay to leave much of an impact........Read Full Review

1st weekend Collection by Maximum

Times of India: By Madhureeta Mukherjee
Rating: 3/5

Director Kabeer Kaushik, has a good force of actors here and a gripping premise, but he doesn't quite lead the way. There are scenes where he triggers good performances, but with the inclusion of too many facts, figures and case files, it loses entertainment value. And gradually the plot fades into dark gullies of our big, bad Maximum city......Read Full Review

Times of India: By Gaurav Malani
Rating:  2.5/5 (Average)

Unfortunately Kabeer Kaushik's encounter-specialist story 'Maximum' doesn't even come up with an original figure on the encounter count and rather derives it from the cult film in the genre - Ab Tak Chhappan (56). Also Bollywood has encountered the quintessential encounter specialist so many times by now that there isn't anything special left about the character or his chronicle anymore. Maximum shows minimum originality thereby making it a plain average attempt......Read Full Review

Yahoo: By Kunal Guha
Rating: -ve 5/5 Extremely Poor

The film leads up to a complicated mess and Pandit(Sonu Sood) is on the verge of being suspended for something that you can’t be bothered to understand or care for. Why one of the finest actors of the Hindi film industry agreed to share space with this motley crew to put up a show worth forgetting, is something only Naseeruddin Shah knows. Maximum offers indiscriminate firing, some minimum wage foreign locations and a death duel featuring cop Vs cop Vs your better sense.......Read Full Review

NDTV: By Saibal Chatterjee
Rating: 2.5/5 

Maximum promises maximum. Does it deliver? Not quite. Maximum bites off far more than it can comfortably chew. The film lacks the nuanced detailing and the urgent pacing that should have automatically sprung from a theme yanked out of the internal files of a highly politicised police force. Living up to its title, the film had raised hopes of a new dawn. Maximum falls way short: it does not turn out to be a morning bright and sunny enough to spread all-round cheer.......Read Full Review

One India: By Nabanita Roy
Rating:  Thumbs Down

Maximum lacks the vivid detailing and the plot badly lacks meat. A man with all the greys and all the power. Sonu has an impressive screen presence, but fails to prove himself due to weak plot. On the whole, the film certainly doesn't make any sense and fails to deliver the MAXIMUM.......Read Full Review

Hindustan Times: By Anupama Chopra
Rating:  2/5

Maximum has stray moments of power but the film feels like a Ram Gopal Varma rehash; mercifully though there are no cameras zooming into teacups like there were in Varma’s recently released Department, which was also about power-hungry, corrupt encounter specialists. We really need an embargo.....Read Full Review

zoOm Review Show: By Omar Qureshi
Rating: 2/5

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Rediff.com: By Raja Sen
Rating:  1/5

Maximum features good actors lazily reeling off lines that go nowhere. It's all so deathly boring. Somewhere, Naseeruddin Shah seethes, possibly at the lack of narrative heft. In the end, Kaushik realises he's left too many guns unfired, and things come to a head in a pointless hail of bullets, rivals trading fatal gunshots in turn, like polite ping-pong players.....Read Full Review

Zee News: By IANS
Rating:  3/5

The performances by Sonu and Naseer Shah propel the plot to a gripping summit. But there isn`t enough of Naseer. `Maximum` is a film that`s far more in-charge of its out-of-control sharp-shooting cops than it seems. There are some brilliantly executed shootouts. `Maximum` is a minimum-fuss crime drama where the characters are so austere in their emotions they somehow seem to be constantly shadow-dancing with their conscience. For Sonu `Maximum` is a new beginning......Read Full Review

Indian Express: By Shubhra Gupta
Rating:  2/5

'Maximum' turns out to be a dampener. Not because it doesn’t have interesting actors. Nor because it doesn’t have interesting situations. But because it comes off merely as 'Sehar' redux, minus its power. And Sonu Sood leaves an impact even when he is not doing too much, the characterisitic of a good actor......Read Full Review

Koimoi: By Roshni Devi
Rating:  1/5

What’s Good: The acting.

What’s Bad: The uninteresting story and screenplay; the half-baked characters.

Verdict: Maximum is a dry and insipid fare.

Watch or Not?: Not really.......Read Full Review

Bollywood Life: By Deboshreee Ghosh
Rating:  2.5/5

After watching the movie for a while, it strikes all of a sudden that this one stars a host of underrated actors who effortlessly dazzle with strong performances. Naseer saab is always intense and there’s no denying that every time he opens his mouth, he leaves you awestruck. The inconsistency is what makes the film lose brownie points. But the actors do manage to mesmerise you – kudos to them for infusing a much-needed edge to this not-very-great story.......Read Full Review

DNA: By Zinna Roy Choudhary
Rating:  1.5/5

The plot… well there isn’t one. But if I had to describe it, the word ‘random’ would fit pretty well. Sood’s character is conflicted. The script fails on many levels and the film seems longer than its 150-minute duration. The events, after a point, make no sense and become hard to follow because you are just too damn bored to care anymore. Do not waste your time and money on this one.......Read Full Review

India Today: By Vinay Pathak
Rating:  2/5

Sadly, the gripping thriller that such a premise promises never really takes off. Maximum fails to be the dirty cop saga it had promised to be. What we get instead is talk and more boring talk, as the two camps get going with elaborate planning sessions......Read Full Review

Glamsham: By Martin D'Souza
Rating:  1/5

Actually, there are lots of loopholes in MAXIMUM. The intent was to make a slick cop caper. Sadly, nothing works, not even the item number. Hazel Keech's outfit needed better tailoring. In short, it's collateral damage!.....Read Full Review

Daily Bhaskar: By Mayank Shekhar (Dainik Bhaskar)
Rating:  1.5/5

Shootouts in main streets are quite common. Policemen tuck in revolvers in their jeans. Bollywood heroine is attracted to the top cop (Sood), who is a celebrity in his own right. There’s hardly anything new to be said. The subject is done to death, and looks jaded and irrelevant now. So does this film. Obviously......Read Full Review

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