The movie starts off with a lot of promise. The bhooth-kiddo scenes really steal the thunder in the 1st half. Alas, that's as good as it gets. 2nd half is downhill all the way. All-in-all, watch it once if you have nothing better to do but otherwise it's definitely not a must-see.
Never mind the incessant SRK promos, Bhoothnath belongs to Amitabh Bachchan and Aman Siddiqui, the precocious kid you keep seeing in the other promos. Granted, there's not enough buzz with just them, but it would be a mistake to walk into the cinemas with SRK on your expectation list. He is hardly there, and, as it turns out, completely unnecessary.
Bachchan and Siddiqui have strong enough presence and, surprisingly enough in case of the kid, acting chops in spades to carry the film through. Bachchan's Jim Carey-esque performance may not be his best work but is tonally spot-o....