Thumbs up,
by Simran Singh,

DNA
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…Overall, The Great Indian Family is an enjoyable treat for a family. If you are done watching hard-hitting actioners like Jailer, Gadar 2, and Jawan, this one is worth a watch….

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Thumbs up,
by Rahul Desai,

Film Companion
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…I was so worried about how a nation might react to a film that I forgot I was part of that nation. The genial tone reminded me of my own childhood in Ahmedabad in the Nineties, back when bigotry hadn’t gone mainstream yet. Back when patriotism and religion were not such loaded terms. It says something that nostalgia is a form of imagination today. It’s not as if a film like this doesn’t take itself seriously; it’s that the film is asking us to not take ourselves so seriously….

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Thumbs up,
by Rishil Jogani,

Pinkvilla
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…Vijay Krishna Acharya’s The Great Indian Family is definitely recommended. It’s a film that deserves to be watched along with the family. There is a hope that the strong messaging of the film will be able to create a larger overall impact. Go book your tickets….

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So-So,
by Devesh Sharma,

Filmfare
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…The film must be watched for the important message it conveys. Religious harmony is the need of the hour and should always be preserved….

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So-So,
by Murtuza,

Filmi Beat
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…Overall, The Great Indian Family is not a great watch; the performances save this average film….

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So-So,
by Lachmi Deb Roy,

FirstPost
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…The Great Indian Family is a very lazily made film and not much thought or hard work has been put in the method of making the film. The script is much below average and I feel that filmmakers need to understand that the cinema viewers are much more enlightened now. They want a story that will make them think…

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So-So,
by Rohit Bhatnagar,

Free Press Journal
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…TGIF should be retitled as Thank God It’s Friday so that people have two more days to dilute the amount of maltreat they have been offered with this so called fresh film which is nothing but a lecture on spreading religious harmony….

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So-So,
by Nitin Jain,

Glamsham.com
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…The music of the film is composed by Pritam and lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The only song that registers is ‘Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja’, which happens to be one of the ‘bhajans’ by Bhajan Kumar. Beyond this there isn’t much to write about….

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So-So,
by Monika Rawal Kukreja,

Hindustan Times
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…Overall, The Great Indian Family is nothing more than an average slice-of-life that can be a one-time-watch solely because of Vicky Kaushal’s sincere act. Or maybe the fact that it tries to touch upon an important message, but too much is lost in translation….

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So-So,
by Anvita Singh,

india today
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…The songs are forgetful, and the direction is very one-toned. The film keeps it simple and has a running time of less than two hours, which works in its favour. If it had been longer, ‘The Great Indian Family’ would have become a complete snooze fest….

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So-So,
by Saibal Chatterjee,

NDTV
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…The Great Indian Family could have been a film of far greater acuity, but the broadsides that it aims against narrow-mindedness through the story of a family as a microcosm of a society and a nation do find their mark….

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So-So,
by Sonil Dedhia,

News18.com
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…Overall, The Great Indian Family is an easy-going family entertainer that won’t bore you. But, it won’t leave a lasting impact either….

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So-So,
by sukanya Verma,

Rediff
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…For all its brethren blah blah and pooh-poohing of prejudices, there’s no Muslim voice to be heard in its jumble of Brahmin supremacy and Hindu infighting. Things are far too lopsided to appreciate a lecture on unity in diversity.

The Great Indian Family sees rising intolerance as a game of snakes and ladders and democracy as a ritual for arriving at a domestic decision. Voting may begin at home, sure, but the venom now runs too deep….

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So-So,
by Deepa Gahlot,

Scroll.in
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…The crisis of faith may have been artificially inflated, but when questions of identity and orientation become crucial to survival, it becomes imperative to raise them. One only wishes that The Great Indian Family had been less superficial. There was Dharmputra as an existing model….

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So-So,
by Anuj Kumar,

The Hindu
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…There is an interesting sequence of events where Ved tries to be a Muslim by changing the colour of his outfits and his eating habits and by adding a nukta to every word he utters. It ends with a Sufi blessing him to have taufiq (divine guidance). This is perhaps what we all need….

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So-So,
by Pratikshya Mishra,

The Quint
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…But I later realised that the climax feels more hammy than preachy. It is so highly dramatised that it forgets the film’s own setting. People who have arrived in a mob in the quest for “truth” stand silently and listen to the hero’s monologue. The ‘people can change’ messaging needed a lot more nuance than this film afforded….

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So-So,
by Dhaval Roy,

Times of India
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…The family drama lacks a compelling storyline and narrative to keep you hooked. While Billu’s shenanigans with his friends are mildly entertaining in the first half, as the story progresses, the narrative loses its punch. The premise of the film is well-intended but the impact of what it meant to do does not translate on the screen. The Great Indian Family has a genuine message but fall short in execution….

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Thumbs down,

Bollywood Hungama
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…However, a film like this should have ideally had more humour and more hard-hitting scenes. THE GREAT INDIAN FAMILY has neither. The goings-on that occur after Ved’s Muslim identity is revealed doesn’t create the desired impact. The romantic track is also weak….

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Thumbs down,
by Shubhra Gupta,

indian express
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…If you want to be brave, the writing needs to match: here, even such wonderful actors like Mishra, Pahwa, Siddiqui stand no chance. Neither does the always watchable Vicky Kaushal. Done well, this could have been such a crucial film for these times when we are being pitted against each other. Such a pity….

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Thumbs down,
by Sameer Ahire,

Movie Talkies
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…The differentiation between Hindu and Muslim people needed a better commentary than this. You can’t try to tackle such a sensitive issue with childish humour and illogical segments. The same subject could have easily had a better screenplay and better direction, and then, I think, we would have had a better film. As a whole, it’s a great subject with an ungreat vision….

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