Double XL

Double XL movie review: Sonakshi Sinha, Huma Qureshi star in an empty, exhausting lecture masquerading as a movie

Double XL movie review: This Sonakshi Sinha and Huma Qureshi-starrer is a juvenile, male gaze-fuelled tickbox exercise masquerading as a movie that does nothing but undermine its central message.

Director Satram Ramani’s Double XL has distinct “you’re welcome” energy. It’s a film that smugly demands a pat on the back for telling a progressive, well-intentioned, muchWoke story for, I assume, Twitter audiences. Double XL is a “message film” if ever there was one - weaving a “movie” around the latest trending topic and social cause buzzword - in this case, body shaming - with minimal effort made into exploring that idea through a fleshed-out, engaging narrative or compelling characters. At one point in this film a character refers to a social media post and squeals “it’s trending guys..amazing sh*t!”. I imagine that’s not all that different from how the idea of this film came to life. Also read: Farah Khan says she relates to Huma Qureshi, Sonakshi Sinha's Double XL

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