Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- whimsical
- playful
- energetic
- family movie night
- bollywood musical night
What critics said
Critics broadly admired the film's imaginative musical form, performances, and lavish aesthetics, while finding its overlong, overloaded screenplay and meandering story difficult to sustain.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jagga communicates by singing, and investigations, exposition, and emotional exchanges unfold through musical numbers.
The investigation travels across distant and visually distinctive locations presented with lavish imaginative styling.
Orphaned schoolboy Jagga applies detective skills with youthful curiosity while pursuing the truth about Tutti Futti.
Jagga rejects the reported account of his father's death and begins searching for what really happened to him.
Films like Jagga Jasoos, and why
The Young Girls of Rochefort
whimsical musical mystery-adventure with childlike energy and elaborate visual imagination
The Grand Budapest Hotel
playful detective storytelling, eccentric characters, and a colorful comic-book tone
Hugo
family-friendly mystery adventure driven by youthful curiosity, theatricality, and fantasy
Barfi!
Indian musical spectacle combining romance, comedy, travel, and mystery-solving
Movie Details
- Director
- Anurag Basu
- Release Date
- 2017-07-14
- Runtime
- 180 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (100)
Cast
- Ranbir Kapoor
- Katrina Kaif
- Sayani Gupta
- Saswata Chatterjee
- Saurabh Shukla
- Denzil Smith
- Ivan Rodrigues
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Chitrak Bandhopadhyay
- Saravajeet Tiwari
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Jagga Jasoos about?
- An orphaned, singing schoolboy and a journalist embark on a wildly colorful detective quest to uncover the truth behind his adoptive father's disappearance.
- What is Jagga Jasoos like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Jagga Jasoos as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Jagga Jasoos violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Jagga Jasoos as mild.
- What did critics think of Jagga Jasoos?
- Critics broadly admired the film's imaginative musical form, performances, and lavish aesthetics, while finding its overlong, overloaded screenplay and meandering story difficult to sustain.
- Which films are like Jagga Jasoos?
- Films with a similar feel include The Young Girls of Rochefort, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Hugo, and Barfi!.
- How long is Jagga Jasoos?
- Jagga Jasoos runs 180 minutes.
- Where can I watch Jagga Jasoos?
- In United States, Jagga Jasoos is available to rent or buy from Apple TV Store.
