Oh, how I LOVED this movie. It had so much hype - "highest grossing Bollywood movie of all time", and yet I just couldn't decide if the story line seemed appealing. I haven't loved everything I've seen with Aamir Khan (Fanaa was well done, but so, so dark), and they seemed old for the premise of the movie...but I love Shah Rukh Khan, right? So who am I to judge if someone's too old to play a role in a Bollywood film? So, when I found out that my regular Netflix dose of SRK was going to be delayed a bit and that you could watch 3 Idiots in HD on YouTube, I said what the hell.
So, so glad I did. This movie was as funny as hell, totally moving, paced beautifully; in short, a gem. Aamir Khan was completely adorable in this sort of Tom Hanks character, and R. Madhavan was utterly fantastic as Farhan. Sharman Joshi, completely unfamiliar to me before this movie, gave what might have been the show-stealing performance as anxiety-riddled Raju. His "awakening" scene was, quite simply, breathtaking. I cried, a LOT, during this movie: at times with aching sorrow, at time with profound joy.
This movie has the best moments of "The Hangover", "There's Something About Mary", "Back to School", and "Legally Blonde", played in a completely original way. In any language, this movie is a classic must-see film. WATCH IT!
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