The first half was good with some laughs all thanks to Boman Irani and Saif, in that order. Amazing music by Pritam genuinely saved the movie for its entertainment quotient! Anil Mehta is always a class with cinematography. Direction by Homi Adajania is good.

The surprising part is this story is written by Imtiaz Ali. I never thought the 2nd half could be this boring with predictable screenplay. Ali disappoints me for the first time with the writing and dialogs and the stupid 1 liners of Saif.

Acting wise, I liked Boman Irani, Dimple Kapadia and Deepika Padukone. Saif needs to be told he was far better in Dil Chahta hai, Salaam Namaste and Love Aaj Kal, though I feel its not his fault with such writing! Dianna was just fine. In the end, Cocktail tastes like an average film and its already a box-office hit. Watch it once.