Binny And Family Review: Binny And Her Family Are Annoying But Sweet

RATING ⭐⭐✨ 2.5/5*

Binny And Family Review Movie Talkies:

Ssanjay Tripaathy brings a cliched story of a family drama fighting across 3 generations who are trying to prove themselves worthy. By default, they all end up looking annoying because their contradictions are too over the top. The first generation is firm about discipline; the second generation is fighting for its existence between the first and third generations, while the third generation is too stubborn to understand the situations in modern times. The verbal misconceptions by all three generations are actually disturbing and look too dumb occasionally, leaving you with no choice but to scratch your head. Thankfully, the second half brings some good laughter and endearing moments that you can't dislike.

Binny And Family is about a 18-year-old high school girl, Binny (Anjini Dhawan), who lives in London with her mother and father. She has a crush on a schoolmate, who happens to be interested in some other girl. That frustration leads her to hate her grandparents' arrival at her house because she is more concerned about her "private space" than her grandmother's health. A tragedy hits them and things go round clock, but this time to take a new start. Will Binny be able to make it up to her father and grandfather?

Much like other family dramas, Binny and Family is dated about the basic plot, and the jokes are dated too. It's like reading your Facebook feed or WhatsApp forwards on the big screen. You can't ask me to laugh when a guy calls "Ramu Kaka" a "Chauffeur" and then even explains it. But yes, I did laugh when the same guy made a sarcastic yet situational joke like calling "Birthday as a fact; not philosophy." Binny's love interest feels childish because she actually tries to adjust herself with a modern definition of "love," in which kissing a girl means "nothing." It might be okay for an American or British film, but I doubt if it's plausible for an Indian girl, even though she's lived in London for 5 years.

The drastic fall of the narrative in the first half, especially the interval block, is stupid. You cannot ask me to feel sympathetic towards a girl who fights with her parents and even disallows her grandparents just because her crush is having an affair (which she already knew). The second half suffers from the predictability but is much better than the crappy first hour. The language and humor both are in English, so just forget about the masses going out and understanding or enjoying this film. It's a film for urban audiences and even goes into the selected category amongst them. Like one of our Bollywood directors brutally said in an interview, "Our movies are made for the people living in Pali hill and Lokhandwala complex, who hardly find happiness in their lives"—Binny and Family is one of those films. You know the box office verdict already then!

Anjini Dhawan debuts with the wrong project, maybe. The vehicle here is too urban to give her recognition amongst regular moviegoers. Her accent was problematic, and a few scenes went wrong. Yet she has delivered a decent act on her debut, which is fair for low expectations. Pankaj Kapur deserves much better roles, in my opinion. He plays a professor here but can't deal with the natural problems of life. He is a professor but struggles with the English language. In one scene, he says, "You don't have a desert spoon?" but the next moment he doesn't know the meaning of the word "inspire." Whom to blame? The writer, I guess. One cannot overlook such childish mistakes for a mature character. Rajesh Kumar and Charu Shankar were fine, and Himani Shivpuri does justice to her short-term character. The rest of the supporting cast hardly acts except that Binny's dude, Naman Tripathy (I was expecting a love angle, but the writer failed me).

Binny and Family is a well-shot film, as the cinematography adds that foreign stylish touch to it. The locations are beautiful, and the in-house decoration is well designed. The art design and production value are exceptionally good for such a low-budget film. The problem appears in the editing, as the film doesn't seem to have any pace. It's so boring at moments that you just don't want to wait and want to go home, leaving the film incomplete. However, a few confrontation scenes feel heartwarming. Ssanjay Tripaathy wanted to make a modern family drama, but he couldn't find any modern theories to explore. His vision lacks novelty, and the film lacks USP factors. Overall, Binny and Family has some sweet moments that you'll enjoy, but it suffers from those annoying conflicts that take the film down.