‘Vibe’ movie review: Kunal Kemmu aims for stars in rudderless, overlong comedy

There’s comfort in letting Kunal Kemmu be Kunal Kemmu. His animated buffoonery has shaped itself over the years whether it is the mix of his flirty bad-boyish excesses in Dhol and Go Goa Gone, the no-brainer antics of the Golmaal films or the recent touch of innocence that came spilling through Netflix’s Single Papa . Kemmu invokes it all in his sophomore directorial Vibe, playing a serial tripper, Hardik, who feels like an updated version of his past comedic characters, always having a one-line up his sleeve, as he painfully navigates through unexpected situations with his instinctive comic timing. However, none of it proves enough for Vibe as Kunal Kemmu (the writer-director), relies far too much on the spontaneity of Kunal Kemmu (the actor), forgetting the propulsive riches of his debut, Madgaon Express , where the comedy progressed beat-by-beat into a hilarious outing.