MERRY CHRISTMAS had a very interesting storyline,but the casting of the main leads was extremely poor. Katrina Kaif at best is a below average actress and yet again she was very ordinary in a very demanding role. Vijay Setupathi might be a very big star in South India,but besides his witty dialogues(which have to be attributed to the writer or whomever and not him)I find him to be very very ordinary in every way with no exception. If the filmmaker had taken Tabu/Vidya Balan and Pankaj Tripathi/Nawazuddin Siddiqui instead of the present two and trimmed the movie by about 20 minutes,it would have been brilliant as these actors and actresses would have lifted the film to greater heights with their superb acting.
Alas,the 2hrs 24minutes running time and very poor casting of the main leads diluted the very good story line of this film 6/10.
Alas,the 2hrs 24minutes running time and very poor casting of the main leads diluted the very good story line of this film 6/10.