Friday Watchalong! Watch A Gentleman for Right Here at 3pm!

Posted on July 3, 2020 by mredlich21

Woot, A Gentleman! Such a great Indian-American movie. I am super excited to watch it with y’all.

Right here in about half an hour, at 3pm Chicago time, we will all start up A Gentleman on googleplay or youtube or whatever we choose. And then I will start the comments up below, and you can leap in with your own comments. I’m excited!

294 thoughts on “Friday Watchalong! Watch A Gentleman for Right Here at 3pm!”

Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:11 pm said:

THIS is my kind of humor. Eating food while he’s holding a gun.

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:11 pm said:

THE REUSABLE WHOLE FOODS SHOPPING BAG!!!! It’s the small touches that make this movie.

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Rachel Kaufman on July 3, 2020 at 4:12 pm said:

It’s really good!

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:15 pm said:

Oh, Sid’s pants are loose. Now I am sad.

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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:15 pm said:

I love everything with this African American guy.

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- mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:16 pm said:
  
  Yes! He’s not dumb, he’s not a stereotype, but he is a scary goon that it’s okay to kill.
  
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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:16 pm said:

My favorite scene! The parents are brilliant

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Kirre Ranin on July 3, 2020 at 4:19 pm said:

Chuckling too much to comment

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:19 pm said:

Crate and Barrel and Pottery Barn don’t feel like brand placement here, right? It feels like just straight up “that is where this kind of guy would buy this kind of stuff”.

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- Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:20 pm said:
  
  “This is where well off American people buy stuff for their homes.” I like it. If it is brand placement, it’s super subtle and well done.
  
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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:21 pm said:

“I’m dragging around a 250 kg corpse and you’re fixing your marriage!”

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:21 pm said:

Aunty had pretty much given up hope on finding anyone to take Jackie off her hands, right? Not gonna let this last chance slip through her fingers.

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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:21 pm said:

“What the fish”

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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:23 pm said:

I feel like I can stop watching after that scene, especially when aunty says “It’s legal here”

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- mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:24 pm said:
  
  My favorite line is “but our boy baths alone, right? so what’s the problem?”
  
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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:23 pm said:

Home Depot!!!! As an American, that is totally where I would go to buy body disposal stuff. TRUTH IN FILM!

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Kirre Ranin on July 3, 2020 at 4:24 pm said:

The bad Indian gangster is hard to take seriously with that man-bun and hipster look

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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:25 pm said:

What’s also so smart about this movie is that I can’t unsee every time Sid wears long sleeved button down shirts and why.

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- mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:26 pm said:
  
  OH! YES! Even in the beach hang out scenes, he’s got long sleeves.
  
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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:25 pm said:

Okay, I don’t know why that coupons comment and SId’s reaction made me laugh so much.

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Rachel Kaufman on July 3, 2020 at 4:26 pm said:

I know in way behind but did anyone watch Family Karma on bravo? The Miami gangsters were making calls and they showed a bunch of people in boxes on the phone. Top right was Vishal!

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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:27 pm said:

The American gangsters being impressed with the house is sending me 🤣

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:27 pm said:

Anyone else keep wincing about the marks on the white furniture?

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:28 pm said:

Bad timing, but Jackie is TOTALLY right to be angry

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:29 pm said:

See, this is my dream Margaret romance novel! the sweet guy from work with the great kitchen, but when you are threatened he can turn all tough and bad guy.

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- Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:30 pm said:
  
  You know, the more that I think about it, me too.
  
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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:29 pm said:

This though? This is a great scene. Still slightly uncomfortable but made me laugh out loud.

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:29 pm said:

Jackie’s character should be irritating here, but I find her delightful with her narcissism.

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:30 pm said:

And on top of everything else, this film is legitimately sexy!

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Kirre Ranin on July 3, 2020 at 4:30 pm said:

Jackie’s and Sid’s interaction is so funny here. I swear Sid is trying not to laugh all the while she talks

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- mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:31 pm said:
  
  And it’s in character! At least, that’s how I read it. Sid the character being delighted and amused by Jackie’s total narcissism
  
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  - Kirre Ranin on July 3, 2020 at 4:31 pm said:
    
    It does work both ways in this
    
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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:32 pm said:

Only flaw in this film, we never get the full version of Bandook Meri Laila.

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- Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:33 pm said:
  
  But we get Sid with a wound running hand in hand with Jackie while Sid raps in the background, so. HOT.
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:33 pm said:
    
    And then there was that super hot in character music video they released.
    
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    - Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:34 pm said:
      
      That really should have been the end credits song instead of Disco Disco, especially if they left the full version out of the movie.
      
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      - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:35 pm said:
        
        But then we would lose Disco Disco! And I love that song. Sucha great self-aware “yeah, this is totally a parody of action movies” moment.
        
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      - Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:36 pm said:
        
        I don’t mind the visuals for Disco Disco, but the song itself isn’t great.
        
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  - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:34 pm said:
    
    Also, I should do a post of rap songs sung by actors, right?
    
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    - Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:34 pm said:
      
      Obviously.
      
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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:32 pm said:

I think I have a necklace similar to Jackie’s now that I think about it, just haven’t cut the tag off yet.

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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:33 pm said:

I love Jackie’s mind getting blown as she realizes Sid isn’t the boring dude she thought he was

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:33 pm said:

This would be another good time for him to take his shirt off. So he can move more easily in the fight scene, of course.

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:36 pm said:

take off the shirt. Take. Off. The. Shirt. Take off the shirt! TAKE OFF THE SHIRT! TAKE OFF THE SHIRT!!!!

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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:36 pm said:

WE FINALLY GET SOME SHIRTLESS SID AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS IN THE ROOM AND I HAVE TO KEEP MY COMPOSURE.
This entire scene is the hottest in the movie.

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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:37 pm said:

And now she put a coaster down and I’m gonna cry.

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- mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:38 pm said:
  
  It’s seriously SUCH a good romance! I could easily just watch these two characters fall in love without anything else.
  
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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:37 pm said:

Discussion Question: is Sid’s character a virgin?

I kind of think yes? He was so sad and lonely and romantic about love.

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- Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:39 pm said:
  
  Also being a gangster doesn’t leave much time for sex, let alone relationships, and he seems like the kind of guy who wants his first time to mean something and be with someone he loves. I can get behind this yes.
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:39 pm said:
    
    Yes, he is the guy who watches the car while everyone else goes to the brothel.
    
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    - Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:42 pm said:
      
      This just makes me think of Baby Driver. But THAT would be such a great movie to remake in India.
      
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      - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:42 pm said:
        
        ABSOLUTELY!!!!
        
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      - Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:43 pm said:
        
        I could also totally see Sid as Baby? Maybe even Jackie as Debora too? Give the Sid and Jackie jodi another chance?
        
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  - Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:40 pm said:
    
    Only if it means you write a fanfic of his first time
    
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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:37 pm said:

Sid and Jackie. This kiss. I stopped breathing.

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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:38 pm said:

well, uh, can that be me please

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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:38 pm said:

Jackie is so sus here. Gaurav is not hot but multiple murderer Rishi is scorchingly hot! Girl…

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- Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:40 pm said:
  
  I just had to look up what sus means, so props for knowing slang that Young Person is still not sure about.
  
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  - Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:42 pm said:
    
    Sus = suspect, as in your motives are suspect, you are kind of off
    
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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:39 pm said:

Small Business Mafia!!!! You can’t escape the desi hotel owners.

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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:39 pm said:

Okay, these are two exceedingly attractive people who I don’t mind watching having sex

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- mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:40 pm said:
  
  Feelings on the “Is Sid a virgin?” question?
  
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  - Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:43 pm said:
    
    Totally a virgin and now I want a fic of what he’s thinking and feeling as he and Jackie get it on in the hotel room
    
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    - Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:43 pm said:
      
      Me too!
      
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    - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:44 pm said:
      
      On the other hand, I feel strongly that Jackie is NOT a virgin. And has not been one for a long long time.
      
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      - Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:45 pm said:
        
        She teaches him and she’s touched that she has to! It will be super hot
        
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      - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:46 pm said:
        
        What about, Sid feels like he “sinned” by having sex with her outside of marriage this one time, so when they go on the run she has to kind of seduce him every night so he forgets his morals? It takes them like 2 years to get around to getting married and int he meantime they go through a little dance of seduction and being “bad” every night?
        
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      - Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:46 pm said:
        
        That would be such an interesting thing to explore though. An experienced woman showing an inexperienced man what to do, what makes her feel good, exploring what he likes, and just the pleasures of physical intimacy. Such a role reversal that we hardly ever see anywhere.
        
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      - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:48 pm said:
        
        In a larger sense, that’s why their relationship is so good in this movie all around! It’s sex, but also how to enjoy yourself at a club, how to have fun on weekends, how to buy bright clothes and fun cars and everything else Sid never learned how to do and Jackie has to teach him.
        
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      - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:48 pm said:
        
        Oh! Outlander! That’s a big reason the first book/TV season made such an impact, that immediate “whoa, it’s the same but with the genders flipped, so powerful”
        
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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:41 pm said:

Small film analysis digression: In Ganti’s first book, she has a long quote from Rakesh Roshan talking about how he edits a film. He uses a volume metaphor, says people say that your finale should go up to 10 and the rest of the film is at 8. But that’s no good, why should most of the film be at 8? What you want to do is make your whole film at 10, but bring it down to 8 right before the finale, so the finale feels big.

Anyway, I totally think this section of the movie is the “8” section so we will appreciate the finale.

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Kirre Ranin on July 3, 2020 at 4:43 pm said:

Yakub can’t resist Sid’s puppy dog eyes

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- Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:44 pm said:
  
  If you can, you have no heart.
  
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  - Kirre Ranin on July 3, 2020 at 4:46 pm said:
    
    No one can. His puppy dog eyes are too powerful!!!
    
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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:44 pm said:

“Please give me a chance, I can kill for you” Oh Dixit!

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:45 pm said:

Don’t make me rappel down the side of a building.

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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:47 pm said:

Anyone else immediately think of this gif?

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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:51 pm said:

“It’s America” Best line

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- mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:52 pm said:
  
  So perfect! She is totally the kind of person who would have gone to a shooting range, or at least a paintball range, a few times for fun.
  
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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:51 pm said:

Still thinking about Sid the Virgin while the kind of boring action scene plays out. Maybe Suniel kind of pressured and forced him into going to a brothel for his “first time” when he was a teenager. But he was visibly upset, and the motherly prostitute told him not to worry about it, he could watch cartoons for a couple of hours and she would lie about it. About once a year or so he would go to the brothel with the others and just pay a woman to lie, so they wouldn’t make fun of him or bother him about it. Sometimes he got cooking and childcare tips from the prostitutes, because he was always interested in those kinds of things.

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- Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:53 pm said:
  
  Maybe Sid is actually a little bit bi?
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:55 pm said:
    
    I think he’s more “I am only attracted to people I really love and know and feel safe with” sexual. And in his whole life, that category includes only Jackie. 31 months! He’s known her 31 months and still isn’t comfortable taking his shirt off in front of her!
    
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- Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:53 pm said:
  
  hahahahahaha I love this too much
  
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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:53 pm said:

Aw, bad guy shot Jackie’s ugly gift

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:53 pm said:

JACKIE’S UGLY GLASS THING!!!!

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mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:54 pm said:

I love that she doesn’t actually hit anything, totally realistic that she knows how to use a gun, but isn’t a great shot.

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Courtney on July 3, 2020 at 4:55 pm said:

This Speedo shirt on anyone else would look awful, but Sid looks great in nearly everything.

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- mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:55 pm said:
  
  Truth
  
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Alisa Rivera on July 3, 2020 at 4:56 pm said:

This whole thing with the gangster talking about family is sad. Suniel Shetty taking in these orphans and twisting them with a messed up version of love and relationships

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- mredlich21 on July 3, 2020 at 4:57 pm said:
  
  It’s a whole tradition of Indian action films, going back to Agneepath, which I also love. And Suniel’s office is decorated with posters of those old 70s action movies, in which the poor orphan boy was adopted and corrupted by the gangster.
  
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