Popular reviews

• 

  Review by Sin ✊🏿 ★★½ 6

  Damn, so I guess I'm now 0-2 with films that center women experiencing progressive blindness in the midst of investigating the mysterious death of their twin sisters... 😮‍💨

  Blurr is a Bollywood remake of Spanish horror/thriller Julia's Eyes. I mainly watched this due to it starring my boo Taapsee Pannu, whom I adore. She's perhaps my favorite Indian performer.

  Like the original, I don't think it's bad, but I also wouldn't call it good. Admittedly, Blurr starts off compelling and felt very much like a gaslighting mindfuck mystery special. As the narrative unfolds, however–particularly during the third act–the story grows more inexplicably preposterous (and silly). By the end, while it was entertaining-enough, I couldn't help but feel underwhelmed.

  That said,…

• 

  Review by Umar ★★★

  Blurr: Gayatri’s Eyes 

  “I was only trying to find you.”

  Ajay Bahl’s Blurr is a remake of the Spanish film Julia’s eyes. This is the third Oriol Paulo script Taapsee has done. Anurag has said that she herself makes her projects happen and develops them with creators she likes. So she must be a fan of this writer and keeps remaking his films. There’s a whole negativity surrounding remakes right now but the general audience probably wasn’t aware that Badla was a remake. Now Taapsee’s market has become more niche and her films target film fans who probably are aware of the original films. That puts these films at an obvious disadvantage. On its own this is a messy film but…

• 

  Review by Sanjeet Singh

  Please check if there's any Oriol Paulo script left to be remade.

• 

  Review by Cassie ✨️ ★★★

  This was messy but still very much fun. It started off so good but the third act kinda drags. The atmosphere is eerie and the way it's shot is interesting but I'm still not sure why the killer wanted to murder all of them? Was it just the mommy issues??

• 

  Review by Soumik Banerjee ★★★½

  Tell me, what should be the sole purpose of a thriller? To deliver 'thrills' right? Let me assure you, 'Blurr' has served its purpose just fine! If you consider yourself a fan of this particular genre, then rest assured, you're going to have plenty to enjoy.

  Despite its flaws (which are strictly numbered BTW), as well as the fact that it's a Bollywood retelling of a well-known Spanish thriller (Julia's Eyes); I believe this would still appeal to a much wider set of audience just because of how neat and tidy the whole execution comes to be.

  Be it the stunning picturization, or the minutely detailed background score; the technical sides are indeed remarkable. The story is borrowed, yes, but the creators still had the responsibility to safeguard the actual essence of the original screenplay, which they did. Albeit the pacing to me seemed a bit off at certain places, tighter editing might have yielded better results in my opinion.

• 

  Review by Vishvajith Silva ★★★½

  Blurr is a messy but entertaining thriller.

  First thing I noticed is the colors. In most of the shots there's a mono chromatic color pallette mostly in dark greens and browns that looks really good. Visuals helps a lot in the story to give the claustrophobic feel.

  Other thing is the sound. As the visual, sound plays a major role in the story. So some of the sounds are intentionally given more attention. In that case I found the sounds in some crucial scenes jumping out a bit more than needed. Except for that, sound and music also does a great job to immerse us into the world. I really liked the atmosphere created with the gloomy weather, constant rain.…

• 

  Review by pri ★

  underwhelming mess

• 

  Review by Agastya Chhikara ★★★½ 1

  -Bollywood have only a few psychological thrillers and this one is a fine addition to them.
  -I haven't seen the original one, this one was great and a one time must watch for those who like thrillers.
  -Yes , there were some flaws, but according to bollywood standards it was good.
  -Tapsee did great job.

• 

  Review by Anish Dass ★½

  What starts as an overwhelming mystery thriller, ends as an underwhelming hostage thriller, Blur, could've been a more engaging and thrilling watch if atleast the killer's motives and intentions are well defined.

• 

  Review by vrishtea ★★★½

  INSANEEEEE OMG

• 

  Review by Arnav Sethi ★

  Appropriately named as the whole motive of the perpetrator was a big blurr all along. 

  Spoils all the hard work done in cinematography and in keeping you hooked since the start.

• 

  Review by anubhav2804 ★★½

  Whodunits in cinema are one of the most demanding kinds of films regardless of the language and landscapes they are made in. It does not just demand ultimate attention from the maker and the crew involved in creating it, but even the viewer because they have to understand and dissect it. In this barter, if the investment of the viewer is wasted due to the lethargy of the product, it irks more than a normal film would.

  There is no visible effort to introduce any new or improvised way of storytelling. It’s the same technique we have seen over the years. Convenient plot twists, everyone is at the right place at the right time, or wrong place maybe, you get it.