Stepmom was a wonderful movie of its time and still evokes emotions. Karan Johar has taken the official rights for adaptation of the movie but he missed out a point that much reels have flown since Stepmom’s release. In Kal Ho Na Ho again a KJo’s production, we have seen enough of melodrama and wasted many tissues to hide the tears while watching Shahrukh undergo a slow death while making us smile inbetween. So We are family does not evoke the emotion it intends to and ends up bit out dated for current audience.
Maya (Kajol) is a single mother of three kids – A perfect mom for picture perfect 2 daughters and one son. A happy family who dreams of living happily ever after… Inspite of the divorce the kids still love their dad, Aman (Arjun Rampal). Aman wants Shreya (Kareena), a career oriented upcoming fashion designer, to get into good terms with his kids. The drama starts from here and heightens when Maya is diagnosed terminally ill and Shreya tries to fill in the shoes of Maya on her behest and climaxes with over dose of sentiments and typical Kjo family drama all in picture perfect Australian setting.
It’s a heroine’s movie and Kajol and Kareena rules the roost. Kajol charms and earn sympathies while Kareena is glamorous and tries to match up to her senior co-star. But there is a jerkiness in the script that slows down our interest and sympathies in the second half of the movie. In this woman’s world, Arjun tries to fit in and he does his part well. After Rock on! and Rajneeti, Arjun has chiseled his own path and is on track with his movie selections. The kids are adorable but as I said earlier way too picture perfect and cute to believe that can be seen only in KJo’s movies. The music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy does not inspire much except for the “lets rock” number.
For debutant director Siddharth P Malhotra it is supposedly a safe choice especially under Dharma productions and Kjo for guidance and much of Kjo’s shadow can be seen in the movie.
GingerChai verdict: Sentimentally, Tearfully yours, We are Family. But not so picture perfect as it seem to be.
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Expected that.. being a KJo movie
Nice review LR. I guess I will skip this movie..
haven’t seen it yet, but liked the Lets rock song…
When they remake a movie they should see the time gap…I mean the generation gap. I am not gonna watch this movie for sure.
Thanks for the review! :
Hi, Thanks.
It is better to know about the movies prior to watching them… why to waste time on them.
Good review.
the world is divided into two groups. one who didnt watch ‘we are a family’ and the other, who wish they had’nt :-X
which group do you belong to gayathri?
On a serious note,
LR great job with the review and thanks, I had planned long back to skip the movie
But Rajan watched this movie.
and Rajan will be watching many such movies in the future. 
while we will be happily thanking our starts that we didn’t watch it. Rajan will stoicly keep on watching such movies.”For your sunday I sacrifice my friday”Right Rajan? :cute:
hahaha… Rajanji imagine a situation- something as horrific as RGV ki Aag or Jhoom Barabar Jhoom comes up and u are forced to get up and leave the hall during interval(or even before interval- I have total faith in RGV- he can make u do that). what wil u do?? what will we get for that week’s movie review??
:P
ROFL .. you are pulling your tea master’s leg ?
Family Drama. not my cup of tea!
Eeeks I saw this movie yesterday you are right it is an expired formula sighs
My fav movie …trashed?! I got to see this for my self…