Dr Cabbie was surprisingly not all that bad. It didn't follow the terrible and cheesy formula like many Hollywood-Indian type films. It had some deep moments and substance. We see a struggling Doctor trying to make it in Canada who finds love due to a woman giving birth in his cab. He later starts giving medical advice and service to customers. When things seem to be going well with his menial job and relationships his life takes a downward turn. It was a nice twist. The cheesy dance routine at the end was unnecessary and not needed as were the silly bollywood references throughout the film. It had enough depth to make it on its own. Its a film about Indian people and culture in Canada, we get it. Kunal Nayyar was horrendous, he cannot act and is simply not funny. He should stick to portraying inaccurate Indian stereotypes in unfunny sitcoms. Overall not a bad film and passable. You will tolerate watching it but not likely remember it in years to come. I wish they would stop making brainless and diminishing Hollywood Indian related films to serve up to an ignorant western audience, this film was a good departure from that horrible pattern.

Minor spoilers contained within but nothing that will affect your movie-going experience.What an original and great multicultural premise for a movie! As a Canadian I had really high hopes for this movie going in! And it lived up to those hopes in the first half of the movie which contained original characters, at least for film in North America, a funny and original premise and an environment rife for some brilliantly novel comedic shenanigans. Annnnnnd then it was like Adam Sandler took over this script and substituted the script for Big Daddy for the entire second half of the film. Cheesy line followed by a cliché court scene followed by cheesy line and a non-surprise surprise ending all conspire to undo all the goodwill and loyalty the movie had earned at the start. Surprisingly, in the end it wasn't typical Indian stereotypes being reinforced that really left a bad taste in my mouth but the stereotypical, somehow still acceptable (why?), demeaning of obese women as an object of ridicule and as nonsexual pariahs that really turned me off about three quarters of the way through this film. It's time the bucket stop being dipped into this particular well of comedy to get laughs at the movies. Hopefully, the audience has outgrown this particular brand of acceptable unacceptable insult. Think harder comedy writers!All of this being said there was redeeming qualities and an undercurrent of potential that really kept me wanting to like this movie and kept me watching until the bitter end. I liked the actors and Kunal Nayyar is really talented comically. This becomes glaringly apparent near the end of the movie when he finally reemerges and attempts to resuscitate this film with some comedic CPR. Sadly though, the movie flat-lined and passed away too early in this viewers opinion.

Bad portrayal of Indians and our culture.. Kunal is the biggest disappointment in this movie. Some senseless dialogs. Unnecessary use of filthy language and inappropriate comical timing that ain't funny at all. Wasted 100 minutes of my sleep time!Bad portrayal of Indians and our culture.. Kunal is the biggest disappointment in this movie. Some senseless dialogs. Unnecessary use of filthy language and inappropriate comical timing that ain't funny at all. Wasted 100 minutes of my sleep time!Bad portrayal of Indians and our culture.. Kunal is the biggest disappointment in this movie. Some senseless dialogs. Unnecessary use of filthy language and inappropriate comical timing that ain't funny at all. Wasted 100 minutes of my sleep time!

Rating: 3.5/5 The center of this story line can win the heart of the audience no matter what part of the world they are from. The movie is a very nice try to project a major issue in Canadian society. Values (of a job) always come above anything else for a person.Strength of this message could have made this an outstanding movie .Acting of central character was average, but as a simple sober guy it suited well. A switch of mood from suicide to birthday party to jail was too sudden. Audience love a smooth story build up which was totally shadowed by overacting funny character of Dr. Cabbie's friend and family.