Anupama Chopra reviews "Metro... In Dino," Anurag Basu's spiritual sequel to his beloved 2007 film "Life in a... Metro." In this review for The Hollywood Reporter, Anupama finds the film to be a mixed bag that veers between being delightful and drab as it explores the mysteries and fragilities of the human heart through several interconnected characters. She examines how Basu attempts a Hollywood musical style with Pritam's compositions, where the musicians work like a Greek chorus and characters perform directly to camera, though this approach proves only intermittently successful. Anupama highlights standout performances from Pankaj Tripathi as the lovably nutty Monty, Konkona Sen Sharma in her nicely written raw moments, and Fatima Sana Shaikh who brings a thinly written character to life, while noting that Aditya Roy Kapur makes his singing debut with some of the film's best lines.
While praising the first half's deft juggling of many lives and muddles, and Basu's distinctive blend of whimsy and vibrant cinematography across Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bengaluru, Anupama ultimately finds the film trips on "too much muchness." She critiques the 2 hours 43 minutes runtime, excessive music, overly knotted plot, and repetitive reconciliations, noting that while the songs are lovely, they blur together from overuse. Despite the film's exploration of contemporary relationship themes like dating app culture, marital mundanity, and urban ambition, Anupama concludes that this story about the glorious messiness of love should have been more buoyant, lacking the ache and sweetness that made the original so memorable.
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