Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

vishaal811 Jab We Met is one of the finest romantic Bollywood movies that I have seen. Geet (Kareena Kapoor) and Aditya (Shahid Kapoor) have polar opposite personalities when they initially meet each other in a train. Aditya was quite depressed and was contemplating suicide at this time. However, due to Geet's clumsiness, she misses her train while trying to get Aditya back in the train when he gets off at a station and shows no inclination to return. After the crazy sequence of events, we are treated with some magical moments as they travel with each other in order to reach Geet's hometown of Bathinda. Kareena Kapoor is charming, charismatic and unbelievably energetic in her role which might be her finest work in film. Shahid Kapoor plays more of a recluse who is a rich businessman but due to some personal issues, he is quite unhappy and does not live his life to the fullest. The soundtrack obviates the need of a background score and contains some of the most memorable songs in recent memory. One of the main reasons why this movie works is because of the performances. In the hands of less capable actors, it could have become yet another boring rom-com. This movie has not redefined the genre but manages to connect to the people and the optimism radiated by Geet is infectious. As an audience, it was rare that near the end of the movie I was rooting for both of them to be with each other. That is a testament to the impact that this movie had on me.

jollyrancher-56592 Honestly, this movie is great and one of my all time favorite Bollywood movies. It is simple and sweet and the performances delivered both by Shahid and Kareena Kapoor were terrific. Their chemistry is so real and beautiful. Jab We Met is a movie that can be re-watched and enjoyed every single time. I'm sure it will be a classic Indian film for a long time. The movie strikes the right balance between comedy, romance, and a bit of drama to make for an enjoyable watch. Also, Aditya Kashyap's (Shahid Kapoor) transformation from depressed, moody businessman to a cheerful and free man is really well done and believable. Overall, I would recommend to anyone.

rohini karmakar Movies are as much a part of my life as Dal- chawal (rice and pulses) but I can't remember having been as insanely in love with any other bollywood/Hollywood/Tollywood movie as this one and if at all, this love affair has only intensified over the years. That doesn't mean, there haven't been better movies, or the actors in Jab We Met haven't given better performances elsewhere. It only means, somewhere in those 2.5 hours, Jab We Met metamorphoses into something far more substantial than just a movie. On the surface, its a simple story of a guy and a girl but if u dive deep enough, it is a heartwarming assortment of stories, about losing and finding love, about internal and external journeys, about forgetting and rediscovering oneself, about letting go with a smile and above all about finding hope in despair. I won't go into the details of the plot, screenplay, acting,direction or any such technical aspect. You will find plenty of people telling you about that. I can only tell you how i can speak every single dialog, having repeated them a million times in my head, or how I can hum those songs which cheer me every time I feel alone. One little thing though, I can't articulate is how Aditya and Geet stay in my heart permanently and keep telling me once in a while.... "Go listen to your heart, everything will be fine then."

mamlukman This was pretty good, but a lot of things could have been changed to make it much better.1) Lose the 30 minutes in Geet's house at the end where the parents have the wrong idea abut who she is marrying. This happens way too much in Bollywood movies--is it really that hard to say "Sorry, you misunderstood...."?2) The toy car in the aerial sequence with the taxi. If you don't have the budget for an aerial shot, don't make it into a toy car and toy train. Looks really cheap.3) Shahid is about 4 years younger than Kareena, and he looks about 10 years younger. It was hard to take him seriously. Kareena is about 10+ years older than her character--she's still cute, but she doesn't look like she's in her early 20's. Sorry!4) When Shahid comes to take Kareena back to her family from the hostel in Simla, he orders her to leave with him and refuses to give her an explanation. I found that both unrealistic (Kareena is supposed to be an independent woman) and offensive. If I were an Indian woman (instead of an American man), I would be really offended by the movie trying to show that even an independent woman needs a man to boss her around sometimes. Please! The same with the repeated saying "A woman travelling alone is like an open treasure box." Maybe this is a common saying (??), but why do you want the movie to reinforce this idea? It really makes women seem like objects. Not cool.5) To those who think this was like the current "Leap Year" with Amy Adams or "It Happened One Night" (1930s) with Claudette Colbert, it is. But it's a common theme in every culture, and I don't see why some people think there is direct borrowing.6) The kiss--in another discussion people said it was "awkward." It was. If you're going to kiss, kiss; if you don't know how, please don't do it in a movie. Or they could have gone the other way--make the kiss really awkward to match the awkwardness of the characters and situation. Were Shahid and Kareena still boyfriend and girlfriend in real life when they filmed this? Maybe that was the problem--they didn't want to put their private actions into a public movies? Whatever the reason, it didn't work.7) Would Sikhs really be that pleased about their daughter marrying a Hindu? Or vice versa? Don't Sikh women have a distinctive name (like Singh for men)?8) Subtitles. In general, they are fairly good, but there were several really bad mistakes, and in several places the choice of words was not good. This happens in most of these movies. Can't the studio spring for a couple hundred $ and let a native English speaker clean up these mistakes??? It's also silly for Kareena to say "Shit" in English and have the subtitle say something like "Oh no!"9) Do all Punjabi farmers live in palaces and wear all new clothes? How about some average folks? I know they use the same sets in different movies, but maybe it's time to build a middle- class house (for example, like Aishwarya's house in "Bride and Prejudice").10) Finally, it wasn't clear at the beginning why Shahid was running away or why he was sad. Later he said his mother ran off with another man, but when he re-instated his mother as a manager of his company, there was no drama or emotion at all. Very strange.