A wonderful kidnapping thriller with good twists in the plot

This is so not how a thriller is done. This is not how it feels, breathes or even stings like. This is not a slow burn, but is a painfully dull and meandering attempt which can't even capitalize upon a fantastic central performance by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. 

There are no doubts on the sincerity, honesty and maturity of Te3n, it erupts brilliant flames in bits and pieces but ultimately, fizzles terribly rather than shining bright.

The worst thing about this film is that Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin look highly disinterested in their respective role, and they actually performed 'bad'. What adds to their agony is that their character talks foolish while them being supposedly smart police officers. "Montage" (the film from which Te3n is inspired or copied If I dare say) was taut and engrossing from the first frame, never giving the room to breath even when the film has flaws. Te3n manages to fail on being a tense mystery thriller, which eventually makes the loopholes in the story more glaring and noticeable.

Abrupt ending to the movie. but great acting

Ribu Dasgupta's Te3n is not only entirely predictable but its also the most dull and meandering mystery film of the year. Whoever wrote the dialogues for the film must be one boring turd in real life. What a pathetic excuse for a suspense thriller. What a waste!

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A middling kidnapping investigation drama following a grandfather who's granddaughter was kidnapped and killed 8 years ago who still visits the police station daily to follow the now fallow investigation, a female police inspector who begins investigating a seemingly identical kidnapping, and the former police officer turned priest who investigated the original kidnapping and whom she recruits to help with the new case. The movie does have a nice bit of a twist and the actors are all good and engaging.

When eight-year-old Angela (Aarnaa Sharma) was kidnapped and killed eight years ago, time stopped for her grandfather, John Biswas (Amitabh Bachchan). Not in a literal sense, of course, as evidenced by his increasingly stooped posture and shuffling gait. John’s wife, Nancy (Padmavathi Rao), uses a wheelchair that she didn’t need back when little Angela lived with them.

Figuratively, though, nothing has changed for John. Every day, he stops by the police station to ask if they have new leads in the case. Every day, the new police chief Sarita (Vidya Balan) tells him, “No,” with a mixture of patience and pity.

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Not much of a slow burn, mostly just slow. The trailer looked great but the film didn't really live up to it.

Slow burn faithful remake. Great performances.

Three stars to Te3n!

HAHAHAHAHA! Did you get it? Cause the film's title is Te3n as in Three and..

ah.. never mind!

It is a film with purposeful plot [yeah, a remake, I know] and an admirable Amitabh Bachchan performance, but amidst that, Te3n is one of the most dull movies I have ever seen. The film is infectiously low on energy and unfortunately it never manages to pull off that jolt of energy a thriller generally requires.

consider it a five star from me just because its better than every other Bollywood shit out there.
But then I have to rate it as an individual movie too, hence 3.5
AB, brilliant...
NS & VB meh......

One good thing the movie portrays is how at last justice overpowers revenge . And that what John Biswas always wanted was justice and not blood spil for blood spil

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Dialogues ruined everything .

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I don't understand how the name makes sense, anyway the plot for the movie was great and was its greatest strength (quite a feat for one featuring Amitabh Bachan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vidya Balanc). It lagged about here and there yet kept me somewhat engrossed in the story

B

Bengali thriller are engrossing. ❣️
Somehow both Vidhya Balan and Nawazuddin seems disinterested in the movie. But still watchable.

This was sadly a disappointment. I was so bored watching this film. I couldn't get into it or care about the mystery and I just couldn't wait for it all to end.

It has everything going for it too. It has two of my favorite actors to watch of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. I mean how can you go wrong? Sure they both do what they need to do in this film, but nothing was gelling for me. Nothing was giving me that thrill of a good ol child missing mystery.

This film was a disappointment to me. Maybe someday I give it another try. But on this first watch I just can't praise it much.

Slow Paced First Half, Warm Heartening Ending. A Once Must See Suspense Movie.

"A thoroughly underwhelming thriller"

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Rating Analysis

Story - 7/10
Performance - 7/10
Genre Justification - 7/10
Editing - 8/10
Production Design - 7/10
Music/Background Score - 7/10
Cinematography - 7/10
Direction - 7/10
Pace - 7/10
Impact - 6/10

TOTAL: 70/100 (7.0 stars = 3.5 stars = ★★★.5)

Wenn der ganze Film wie die letzte Stunde wäre, hätte er einen Stern mehr bekommen.
Anfangs zu langsam. Mochte die Charaktere.