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Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Good movie but grossly overrated

Excellent but underrated film

Absolutely Fantastic

It happens rarely... But whenever I watch movies like 'David' I always think that Bollywood would never improve artistically. Reason why? Well it's simple and sad to see movies like Dabangg & Ek tha Tiger or Race 2 performing on box office, while movies like David even don't get a screening in popular cineplexes. What an irony of this industry!! What a sad part!! I just finished watching David at my home theater and I am thinking to myself what if I have watched it on a big screen? It still feels great but it would have been greater. I hardly write reviews and in fact rarely on Bollywood movies as I don't follow it much now but this movie made me to right away visit here and write an honest opinion. I wanted to personally thank Bejoy Nambiar and his team as well as the whole cast for making such a masterpiece. This movie is by any standard not less then a Hollywood show, be it the story itself, the narration and twists, the acting and the most important thing of all, the Artistry of camera and lights. Honestly I haven't experienced such shots and takes in a Bollywood film before (Yeah may be a very few!). All the three stories were amazing but I would give a five star to the 1975 portion. Niel is always my fav actor due to his selection of characters and movies and he yet again did true justice to his role as a macho man. Each detail was perfect in there, it's whole environment, the sets, dresses, cars and above all how intelligently the black & white color! wow!! It gave me a true feeling of 70's.Seriously guys, I don't have words to explain it, may be I can't find those words but I would only tell you that if you miss this movie, you are gonna miss a wonderful journey through time and artistry. I can understand that David may not impress the masses of Indian cinema but I am also sure that many deserving audience has already missed this flick due it's lack of presence in the theaters and marketing. This is a must watch for them all.There's one more beautiful thing about this movie. It's 'Message'!! The climax is so amazing that it would leave you thinking on your seats for some time in silence and remind you of your own life decisions and errors that we make. How beautifully done Mr. Bejoy.. Thank you so much for that.. Thank you!

made no sense only it's like a art film3 stories having nothing to do with one another but at the end they connect in a stupid way. Stylized for the sake of style but lacking in the fun and "masti". No entertainment value and quite boring at times. It's the type of film that tries to spread some message but such films are boring since we watch films for entertainment. The acting is good but not enough action and fun. It is also confusing at times. The story in Goa was the best because it was funny and Vikram acted very well. The musicians story was weird and made no sense and had no logic. The gangster story was OK but no cool love making scene. Basically I will be waiting for Himmatwala and Zilla Gaziabad. Those films seem "Paisa vasool" types and full of entertainment....

Stylish screenplay, catchy bgs, nice editing and as usual wonderful performances by Chiyan and Jiiva but it got a weak story.It was slow throughout first half but just before the interval scene it made some promise so during that break I prepared for something great on the way but again it failed me to impress in its 2nd hour.Television promos says Hindi version got 3 Davids one from Goa (1999), one from Mumbai (2010) and another one from London (1975) but in Tamil version there was only two Davids one from Mumbai 1999 (Jiiva) and Another one was Goa 2010 (Chiyan). So what I am saying is I think in Tamil version the story is stretched which made movie pace go slow but looks like Hindi David is better pace with 3 stories.I think these two version of movies should have separate pages in IMDb like Wikipedia do because there were lots of different in story and cast. Most of people who saw Tmail may say it is not good and vote bad and those who saw Hindi may say it is good and vote better and I am worried about the average. Whatever, the movie is not for everyone, looks like it is a trend setter but I am not convinced than presence of two awesome actors.6/10

I went for this movie with fairly high expectations...considering that it starred Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vikram and Tabu. However this movie is a classic example of great potential being let down by a weak script and gimmicky direction.The movie is made of 3 separate stories, each about a man called David, played by Neil Nitin Mukesh, Chiyaan Vikram and Vinay Visrmani in each of the segments. It is the style of great movies like Traffic and 21 Grams, where three seemingly disparate stories come together. But that is where the comparison ends. While Traffic and 21 Grams had some great acting and a seamless integration of stories, David is all style and no substance.The movie begins interestingly enough, with a brief glimpse of each character near the end of their story, and then works backward. Each segment has its own distinct style, look and feel and is also set in different eras. The best segment is easily the one starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, set in London in 1975, about a powerful Muslim family with its own internal strife and secrets. NNM is a sleek and stylish actor with a very certain talent for inhabiting his character and making it his own. The same cannot be said for the other actors in the segment. Milind Soman, supposed to be reciting the Koran even while killing someone, looks like he is reciting a shopping list. He does look suitably menacing though. Monica Dogra stumbles and fumbles her way through scenes that are about as romantic as scaling a fish.The other two segments are set in Mumbai and Goa, and star Vinay and Vikram - and are both very weakly written and directed, with the actors in those segments clearly "phoning it in". Vikram's segment especially plays to all those stereotypes about Goa - the place where everyone is perpetually drunk, wears the rosary around their neck and constantly makes the sign of the cross. Seriously??!!! Vikram is consistently terrible, not knowing where to draw the line between acting drunk, and acting like an escapee from the loony bin. Tabu, that incredible actress who gave us Maqbool, is wasted in a role completely unworthy of her talent.The Mumbai segment had a lot of promise, but that fizzled out as well, via some cardboard acting, and some inexplicable situations that lead quickly to nothing. Lara Dutta, what are you doing in this movie and why? The overall direction is choppy, with very haphazard editing - yes, I get it, this is new-age cinema - but it just reinforces my belief that the director felt he could get away with a crap movie by using the shaky-cam and in-your-face-cam technique everywhere possible. The dialogue in the London segment is totally studly and glorious, to the point where there must have been a collective ovary explosion in the multiplex. The rest of the movie is a big fat MEH.