TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

hniecalista Since the opening till the climax, "Bol" nailed to play with the audience's emotion. The story is so complex, realistic and pathetic. All the prominent characters have very good acting and also looked so natural, except Mahira Khan. Mahira got a lot of scenes, but her acting wasn't natural. My salute for Manzai Sehbai, Zaib Rehman and Humaima Malik. I also impressed with the small roles that played nicely by Iman Ali and Amr Kashmiri.I would have given this movie 10 rating if the director stopped the ending when it reached the climax, which is also the ending of the main female character's story. Unfortunately, the director decided to continue the story by putting the happy ending small scene, which I think completely out of the main story's line and broke the audience's emotion.The ending will be good for Pakistani audiences who want a happy ending story, but definitely is not good enough for the movie lover who expects surprising and emotional ending!

jeetgupta-em This movie is so frigging great, it opened the mind and jaws of me and my friend from loser ville nothing town. Jokes apart, I sincerely respect this movie and its concept, and heartily salute its Director Sho(w)man for the excellent piece of work. Hats off to the cast and crew of this movie. Hope this movie will result in something good and change the lives of at least some families in Indian subcontinent. This movie is like a mirror reflecting the lives of lower middle class families of India, Pakistan and neighborers. Well, I seriously enjoyed this movie since its beginning and its so captivating, my eyes were glued to the screen. Every character in this movie lived up to their role and Bhole Badshah was remarkable one.

Chrysanthepop Shoaib Mansoor's 'Bol' came as a pleasant surprise. I had never expected a Pakistani film to be of such high quality and standard. Every single Pakistani film that I've seen until yesterday (with the exception of the Shabnam-Nadeem starrer 'Kurbani' and the Kiron Kher starrer 'Khamosh Pani') have been of abysmal quality, both in content and execution. I haven't seen Mansoor's debut 'Khuda Kay Liye' because I didn't want to but now I am considering giving that one a chance.Starting with the execution, the cinematography, art direction, background score, lighting and visuals are brilliant. I only found the songs to be a bit out of place and they were obviously put there to pull more viewers.'Bol' is a brave, bold and disturbing film. By bold I don't mean that it's explicit or exploitative in its portrayal of themes but it (dares to) tackles themes that have rarely been addressed in Pakistani (or even its neighbor, Indian cinema). And most of the themes (from infanticide, the orthodox mentality, gender confusion to rape and organized prostitution) have been portrayed sensibly. It's definitely not an easy film to watch but a very important one.Most of the performances are excellent. Humaima Malik is outstanding as the beautiful Zainub whose forced to live in her parents house because she refuses to bare a child only. This is followed by Amr Kashmiri's wonderful portrayal as the gender-confused younger brother loved by his mother and sisters but despised by his father. As the tyrannical father, Manzar Sehbai is adequate as he does tend to go overboard at times but there are moments when he's suitable restrained. Iman Ali has a strong presence even though her role is very small. The actress who plays the mother is very effective as the victimised wife.'Bol' isn't without its share of faults. It gets a bit preachy in the end. The Atif Aslam track is a weak link (even though it is obvious that this was included to attract the younger audience). As mentioned earlier the songs are out of place (but pleasant to the ears).When I was considering whether to watch 'Bol', I wasn't expecting much. I had thought it would be another preachy, melodramatic and pretentious but I'm glad that I went ahead anyway and watched this poignant film. I hope Pakistani cinema grows toward this direction.

iik71 Let's be honest. This a melodramatic Indian Bollywood stile movie with a Muslim decor, which has so many holes that you can water your garden with it. Of course, there were some entertaining moments, and the acting was not so bad. But please, it was completely unrealistic. How could one know that a new born baby will have homosexual mind in the future? Or is there really so naive pimps in that world? And what a strange society! Is that really true? If a group of men find a shy boy, must they rape him brutally? Where are the high religious moral of the people of that country. In the end, that split from India because that claim that they are true believers. And what a naive questions at the end of the movie, "isn't it a crime to create more children than you could feed?". Actually in India call it ''varna sankara'' - unwanted population. It happens when the society is ill and is far from the true religious principals.