Sunday is different from any other day in the week. It is also extremely unlike its weekend partner, Saturday. Its the weekend still but almost haunted by the coming week, the impending hustle and bustle of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It is difficult to plan anything eventful for the day, except perhaps a lunch, or if you are feeling adventurous a dinner. Its a day in preparation, in preparation of whats to come. It is very nearly an almost day. It could almost be everything, but only almost.
It is the same feeling you get from the movie Sunday. It is a mediocre attempt at film-making and you sense that from the very first scene. It is an effort to be different which unknowingly tows the predictable line. At the core of the story is the notorious 'date rape' pill, a subject that could have helped attempt a very interesting story line, but sadly, Sunday is not that attempt. Same for the voice-overs or dubbing of cartoon characters that the female lead of the movie, Ayesha Takia's vocation describes. Such meaty ingredients wasted with such impudence. Ayesha Takia needs some serious acting lessons and someone must tell her that she cannot for the rest of her career rely upon her disarmingly charming smile. There is more to acting than smiling prettily and her natural talent in the art is grossly inadequate.
Sunday the movie lives up to its namesake. It is an almost film, it could be a lot more, but only almost.
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