The father-son Bollywood soap is lush in music and scenery but over-ripe in length.
di Kevin Thomas The Los Angeles Times
For "Paa," veteran Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan submitted to four hours of makeup to turn him into a 12-year-old boy named Auro, who is afflicted with a rare genetic defect that accelerates the aging process so rapidly that he looks nearly 80. Although the makeup, involving a large prosthetic head, is pretty good, it wasn't worth the effort, for the film is no more than a tedious, over-long Bollywood soap opera.
Handsome Amol (Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh's son) and beautiful Vidya (Vidya Balan) meet at Oxford -- or Cambridge, since settings at both universities are used. [...]
di Kevin Thomas, articolo completo (1924 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 5 dicembre 2009