Critic's reviews

• Rajeev Masand - IBN Live

  Turning 30 suffers from an incurable Sex and the City hangover, but it's neither as smart nor as spunky as that popular television show. Turning 30 might have been less frustrating if it weren't for the amateurish writing. The film is accompanied by a gra

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• Taran Adarsh - Bollywood Hungama

  TURNING 30!!! has great energy and humor as its aces. I feel, a lot of urban, working, young people will identify with several episodes from the film because it comes across as a slice of life film. Also, Gul's character in the film faces issues that seve

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• Nikhat Kazmi - Times of India

  Turning 30 is truly a chick flick. It brings to life living, breathing, flesh and blood female protagonists who face real problems in a rat-race world. Of course, our hero here is the urbane, ambitious, independent woman who wants it all, like the man nex

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• Raja Sen - Rediff

  Turning 30!!! is a collection of cliches running through a harebrained script, where Gul Panag is surrounded by an impressive coterie of non-actors, even as the director vainly, even gallantly, tries to push the envelope.A film can't be both empowering an

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• Anupama Chopra - NDTV Movies

  Turning 30, written and directed by debutant Alankrita Shrivastava, wants to be a sexy, insightful, tough-talking chick-flick – think a desi Bridget Jones’ Diary or Sex and the City. But all it manages to do is make you laugh – unintentionally of co

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• Pankaj Sabnani - Glam Sham

  The main flaw of the film is that it appears as if you are reading a book. Naina's copious and tripe narrations throughout the film are uninspiring. And you somehow don't feel for her plight. The numerous songs don't add any merit to the film. The climax,

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