An entertaining and fun movie...loved it!

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2017)

So big deal, the movie had a lot of cliche's in it. No one cares about that in an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. You sort of expect it. I enjoyed this movie because it was "entertaining" and took me away from all the depressing things I see on a regular basis in life. Just seeing Shah Rukh Khan dancing in a pink tutu and jumping into the arms of Sonu Sood was enough to make me laugh out loud. I mean, c'mon, how can you not laugh at scenes like that, which by the way had the piano tune, "The Entertainer" playing in the background, or Shah Rukh Khan dressed like Jackie Chan, sparring with a Korean dude, while "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting" is playing?
Okay, it started out as a well planned heist for revenge, but turned out to be, for me and for "Charlie," a story that made me feel good about 6 people who were willing to put themselves out there and won the respect and applause from all those people that had originally booed them and treated them disrespectfully. It was one of those movies that made you happy to see the the underdog win!
I'm not from India, I'm Italian, but during this movie, I found myself cheering on "Team India" primarily because they were so proud of their country and their heritage. Not only that, the music and dancing was great! It's one of the best soundtracks I've heard in a while, so I bought the soundtrack...and the movie.
"Happy New Year" was definitely a "feel good" movie. I don't think the movie was meant to be this epic drama. Leave that to "Devdas" and "Kal Ho Naa Ho." It was meant to be a fun, happy, musical movie that left you energized and proud of your country and it's people! We need more of that in our world!