By:
Taran
Adarsh,
IndiaFM
Friday,
August
17,
2007
We
often
criticize
Bollywood
for
churning
out
movies
that
make
no
sense.
But
after
you've
watched
Marigold,
you'd
agree
that
Hollywood
churns
out
bigger
turkeys.
Marigold,
directed
by
American
director
Willard
Carroll,
is
as
off-putting
as
a
week-old
omelette.
In
fact,
Marigold
has
nothing
to
keep
your
eyeballs
glued
to
the
screen.
An
apology
of
a
story,
a
powerless
screenplay,
shoddy
visual
effects,
poor
music
and
nightmarish
direction,
that's
the
ideal
description
of
Marigold.
No
redeeming
aspects?
Nothing,
except
for
a
pretty
looking
Ali
Larter.
Seriously,
what
were
the
makers
thinking
when
they
okayed
this
amateurish
piece
of
writing?
Look
at
the
kind
of
cinema
being
churned
out
in
India
today.
Good,
bad,
whatever,
it's
better
than
Marigold.
Write
your
own
movie
review
of
Marigold:
An
Adventure
in
India
In
a
nutshell,
Marigold
is
a
classic
case
of
'Bad
Cinema'.
This
one
deserves
to
be
watched
by
every
director
for
understanding
what
not
to
make.
One
big
yawn!
Marigold
is
about
a
young
American
woman
who
travels
to
India
and
finds
that
her
life
is
transformed
in
the
most
unexpected
ways
by
her
experiences
and
adventures
there.
American
actress
Marigold
[Ali
Larter]
arrives
in
India
with
no
luggage
and
a
bad
attitude.
Stranded
in
Goa
when
financing
for
her
low-budget
Hollywood
movie
falls
apart,
Marigold
finds
herself
cast
in
a
small
role
in
a
Bollywood
musical.
Eager
to
prove
herself,
she
enlists
the
aid
of
Prem
[Salman
Khan],
the
film's
choreographer.
Marigold
is
most
definitely
not
a
natural
dancer,
but
she
experiences
renewed
confidence
and
growing
love
for
Prem.
In
rapid
succession,
Marigold
discovers
that
Prem
will
be
marrying
a
beautiful
India
girl
Janvi
[Nandana
Sen].
Unable
to
deal
with
this
development,
Marigold
angrily
departs
from
Prem's
family
estate.
But
she
is
urged
back
by
Janvi
who
confesses
that
Prem
doesn't
love
her
and
never
will.
Another
complication
arises
in
the
form
of
Marigold's
boyfriend,
Barry
[Ian
Bohen],
who
arrives
in
India
unexpectedly
and
finds
Marigold
very
much
in
love
with
Prem.
Marigold
disappoints
on
Level
1
itself.
The
storyline
brings
back
memories
of
the
forgettable
stuff
that
dominated
Hindi
cinema
in
the
1970s.
Thanks
to
a
poor
plotline,
what
unravels
in
the
next
2
hours
is
as
spiceless
as
boiled
food.
There's
not
a
single
moment
in
the
film
that
makes
you
jump
with
joy
or
pine
for
the
lovers.
The
writing
is
so
inane
and
amateurish
that
you
actually
pinch
yourself,
Is
this
for
real?
Are
you
actually
watching
a
film
or
watching
a
bad
dream?
That's
applicable
for
Willard
Carroll's
direction
as
well.
Without
doubt,
'The
Razzie' for
2007
should
be
awarded
to
Mr.
Carroll.
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's
music
is
of
fast-forward
quality.
Anil
Mehta's
cinematography
is
alright,
although
the
D.O.P.
isn't
in
form
here.
The
production
design/sets
are
tacky.
Salman
Khan
is
terrible
and
so
is
his
dialogue
delivery.
What
were
you
saying
in
the
movie,
Mr.
Khan?
Were
you
chewing
beetle
nut?
His
lines
are
hardly
audible.
Also,
he
tries
hard
to
ape
the
American
accent,
but
falls
flat.
Ali
Larter
is
as
fresh
as
Marigold,
the
flower,
not
the
movie.
Her
performance
is
quite
interesting.
Vikas
Bhalla
is
pure
teakwood.
So
is
Roopak
Saluja
--
absolutely
wooden.
Suchitra
Pillai
does
well.
Nandana
Sen
is
unintentionally
funny.
Rakesh
Bedi
makes
you
laugh,
for
the
right
reasons.
Vijayendra
Ghatge
and
Kiran
Juneja
seemed
to
have
walked
out
of
the
sets
of
Dharam-Veer.
And
what
was
Gulshan
Grover
doing
in
this
film?
Ian
Bohen
adds
to
the
list
of
non-actors.
On
the
whole,
Marigold
is
a
terrible
film
with
gloomy
prospects.
A
sure-shot
disaster!