All the Best: Fun Begins (2006)

IMDb plot summary: The unexpected arrival of his elder NRI brother and assorted characters complicates the life of a Goan male.

Directed by Rohit Shetty. Starring Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, and Fardeen Khan.

All the Best: Fun Begins is a Bollywood comedy about a man who's been financially supported by his brother for years -- and has been lying about being married so he gets more money. But when his brother unexpectedly shows up for a visit expecting to meet the wife, chaos ensues. I appreciate the length of this movie partly because it took me a good hour or so to settle into the very broad, occasionally cartoonish, sense of humor, but once I did, I had a good time. Everything's exaggerated, with the least likely misunderstandings ballooning into entire subplots. But amid all the larger-than-life chaos, what really clinched it for me was the occasional heartfelt moment that provided just enough personal investment in the characters that made the rest of the comedy work better. So goofy, so silly, but absolutely good for a lighthearted watch.

How it entered my Flickchart:

All the Best: Fun Begins > Captain Phillips

All the Best: Fun Begins < Key Largo

All the Best: Fun Begins > Swing Shift

All the Best: Fun Begins < The Country Girl

All the Best: Fun Begins > Crimson Tide

All the Best: Fun Begins > The Pirate Movie

All the Best: Fun Begins > Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

All the Best: Fun Begins > Cargo

All the Best: Fun Begins > Monte Carlo

All the Best: Fun Begins > Memories of Murder

All the Best: Fun Begins < Waking Ned Devine

Final spot: #1212 out of 3868, or 69%.