Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Wizard-8 I usually avoid Canadian films that were funded by the Canadian government because, let's face it, the majority of them are pretentious crud. However, the premise of this particular Canadian movie - a look at the Indian-Canadian organized crime rings in Vancouver (a city I don't live very far from) - definitely interested me enough to get the DVD from my local library when I found it there.Unfortunately, the movie is pretty much a big letdown. It's amateur hour in a number of key aspects. The acting by a number of the cast is pretty poor, the photography often looks like it wasn't shot by the best cameras available, and the other production values are very inconsistent. However, the biggest problem with the entire production is the script. There are far too many characters, which may explain why none of them is sufficiently fleshed out enough to get the audience to explain their actions. Why did they turn to crime? How do they justify their actions to themselves and others? Questions like these never really get answered. In the end, the movie is more like a series of vignettes barely sharing a connection with each other, so it's hard to get involved with this narrative.There is definite interest to see Vancouver in a movie play itself for once instead of an American city. And no movie that has the annoying actor Paul Gross get his throat bloodily cut can be all bad. Still, the movie ends up being a big disappointment.

Mandaleigh123 Going into the theatre, I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, and in the end I absolutely loved the movie!! I've heard many criticisms at the fact it glamorizes gangs etc. But in an interview Mehta states that "crime doesn't" pay, and the movie demonstrates this. She addresses the themes of immigration, and differences within generations, and a sense of belonging. Overall the movie was entertaining, and kept you engaged. There are moments of humour, but mostly, it kept you thinking and wondering "ah what's going to happen!". I really recommend that you see it, you'll definitely enjoy it :) PLUS you'll get to see 103 minutes of Ali Momen :) Something you could never get bored of :P

jasoncermak A solid and menacing performance by Randeep Hooda playing Jeet, and he looks good doing it. Beeba boys has genuine comedic moments that create an interesting juxtaposition with the dark business the characters are involved in; ie. A mafia boss that lives with his parents, complete with air hockey table in the basement. Deepa tries something new and doesn't glorify the violence which is a fine line when it comes to gangster movies. Some great cinematography and shot on location in Vancouver. Paul Gross was a welcome cameo appearance as was David Suzuki. The style the characters exhibit is really exceptional as well, hats off to the costume designers.

Jasrick Johal 1.5/5* or 2.5/10Beeba Boys was my first viewing experience at VIFF this year, and what a disastrous start.I was actually happy thinking I would see a film 3 weeks before its theatrical release, but little did I know. First let me just say as an Indo Canadian who was born and raised in Surrey B.C. a film like Beeba Boys is a complete sham, and disgrace at all levels. I beg the makers of the film to please show me one so called "Indo-Canadian gangster" who sells drugs in a classy three piece suit, like what the heck was that, we are not in the 1950s, and were not Italians.Being a fan of director Deepa Mehta a film like Beeba Boys was very hard to digest, I mean where is the film maker that made films like Water,Fire,Earth, and even Mid-Nights Children. Beeba Boys to put it nicely is a out right horrible film. The film has no coherent story, there is no script, no screenplay at all. What we see is a bunch of Punjab men running around in suits, disgracing the Sikh community, by selling drugs( doing drugs) and shooting people for no apparent reason. The film is so faulty I just don't know where to start. But more on that later.Story wise the film is about Jeet Johar and his Beeba boys, that consists of about 5 other men. The Beeba boys are Indo-Canadian drug dealers based out of Vancouver B.C. These so called gangsters are regarded as "Messiahs" in the lower mainland Sikh community, kids think there are cool, and make these boys there idols because they are still fighting some type of oppression against the dominant European descent community( Like come on seriously, its 2015). The films main crux is about a war between two drug lords Jeet Johar, and Robbie Grewal.As both groups start killing key members of there crew, Grewal Ji sends in his man to infiltrate Johar's Beeba Boys and become a member.The man Grewal sent was named Depu, and what happens once he becomes a Beeba Boy is what forms the main plot of the film.Acting wise there was definitely no outstanding performances, but I mean without a coherent script and characters three actors still did well without any backing. Those being Randeep Hooda, Gulshan Grover, and Warris Ahuwalia.Beeba Boys is a rare film, where there are so many negatives in the film I can't possibly highlight them all but let me get to the main points. First the film has no clear story, and no character development at all. We don't know the reason why these boys are gangsters, why they sell drugs, and we don't know what the reason of the gang war is, people are just shooting each other without reason.The film solely mounts itself on a couple of set pieces, and some dark comedy. BB at one point has so many characters running around without any intro that you just get plain confused and there so many dumb sub plots like the johar white girlfriend scenes.And don't get me started with the films inaccuracies from the clothing, the way the Indo-Canadian's talked etc, like did the director do any proper research. I mean the films ending and climax twists are another level of garbage all together. The film was so torturous at times that during the end reels the film felt like it was going at snails pace.The only minor things I liked about the film was the stereo typical jokes about the Sikh community ( dads a alcoholic,son lives at home, etc) and the film was shot well,with some stylish props, like nice cars etc. Overall Beeba Boys is a film that you should not watch at any cost and believe me you will thank me later. The films so bad it turns into comedy by the end.Its a film Indo-Canadians especially those born and raised in BC wish was never made because its a disgrace. I really wonder what happened to director Deepa Mehta, has she lost her groove, well hopefully not, and Beeba Boys is just a bad nightmare for her. I am going with a extremely nice (most of those stars are for the actors) 1.5/5* or 2.5/10