Review of Dr. Cabbie (2014) by Steve W — 08 Oct 2014
This comedy forgets one crucial thing, it needs to be funny. Vinay Virmani writes the story and screenplay for this mixed bag of a disappointment. A young doctor in India moves to Canada to help people, but can't find work.
He becomes friends with plot device cab driver buddy to become a cabbie because he hates working in his uncle's restaurant. After delivering a baby in the back of his cab, Deepak starts falling for a single mother while illegally seeing patients in the back of his cab.
He gets embroiled in a court case. What really irks me about this movie is that is has almost zero laughs, and many of the jokes fall flat. There are also extremely one dimensional villains that are super racist or sexist, and mind numbing cliches all around.
Dr. Cabbie's concept sounds good, but it doesn't execute it in any effective ways. The only things keeping this from being a complete wreck is Adrienne Palicki and Kunal Nayyar's brief scenes.
This review of Dr. Cabbie (2014) was written by Steve W on 08 Oct 2014.
Dr. Cabbie has generally received mixed reviews.
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