The comic juice tends to spill out in all directions.
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Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
Yaar has enough heart to redeem its cruder moments, and it turns out to be quite a little charmer.
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L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
Mathews has obvious storytelling chops, and a sharp eye for absurdity. But there are sacred cows in hip, progressive America, too, and the truly fearless satirist has to be a carnivore.
Though harmless and reasonably good-natured, Where's The Party Yaar? ("yaar" translates as "dude") doesn't add many novel touches to its predictable formula, except for a couple of limp nods to Bollywood song-and-dance numbers.
For the most part, the acting is shrill and cartoonish. Indeed, most of the actors appear to be, in the finest desi filmmaking tradition, from the filmmakers' close circle of friends and family.