Film

Housefull 3

Name: Housefull 3
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2016
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Nargis Fakhri, Lisa Haydon

Comedy
Light-hearted

A brash Bollywood farce about three men chasing three sisters while dodging an overprotective father. Housefull 3 is pure slapstick mayhem: pratfalls, mistaken identities, absurd situations piled on absurd situations. It exists to be loud, fast, and ridiculous. If you want your comedy served at maximum volume with zero pretense, this is it.

TMDb rating

2.6

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