USA Today by Claudia Puig

There are inventive and engaging moments in this broadly comic action saga. But Chandni is at once enjoyable and maddening.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

For those with an adventurous and offbeat cinematic appetite, Chandni Chowk to China offers its shares of enjoyments, although there are plenty of "downs" to go along with the "ups."

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Bill White

Its combination of maudlin sincerity, cruel slapstick, exotic romanticism and boogie-down dance sequences may befuddle more than it entertains.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips

A massive and rather tiring showcase for Bollywood action hero Akshay Kumar.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

It will appeal to the large Indian audiences in North America and to Bollywood fans in general, who will come out wondering why this movie, of all movies, was chosen as Hollywood's first foray into commercial Indian cinema.

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

A more accurate way to describe it would be "conceptual nightmare"--crass, schizophrenic, culturally insensitive, horribly paced, and shameless in its pandering to the lowest common denominator.

Variety

As with many a Bollywood epic, you can bring the kids, your lunch, your cell phone, your unfiled taxes. There's so much here, and in such heaping, lengthy portions, you could probably weave a sari before the end credits.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

Entertainingly goofy for about 30 minutes. And then, for the next two hours-plus, it's agony.

The Hollywood Reporter

2 1/2 hours of shouting, gesticulating, pratfalls and groin kicks will leave viewers with an MSG headache.

Village Voice

Alas, Chandni Chowk to China, directed by Nikhil Advani, is asymmetrical in the extreme: shapeless, shameless, and slapdash.