Thumbs up, by Martin D'Souza, Glamsham.com : ...The Bomb Blast angle notwithstanding (not convincing, it could have been interwoven more smartly or could have been done away with), GALLI GALLI CHOR HAIN is indeed an eye-opener.... full review

Thumbs up, by K N Gupta, SmasHits.com : ...Shriya Saran plays her character very well and so also, Mugdha though both have small roles.... full review

Thumbs up, by SpiceZee Bureau, Zee News : ...Akshaye is brilliant as Bharat and Shriya comes across as a demure beauty. ... full review

So-So, by Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama : ...There's not much scope for music in the film, yet the title track [filmed on Kailash Kher] and 'Channo' [filmed on Veena Malik] catch your eye. 'Channo' especially adds a dash of spice to the proceedings. ... full review

So-So, Daily Bhaskar : ...Rumy Jafry has tried to hit the bull’s eye by handling the current and subtle subject like corruption and politics efficiently. ... full review

So-So, by Aakanksha Naval-Shetye, DNA : ...And just like most of the films made earlier, this one too fails to come up with a solution. Though you can’t really fault the filmmaker for that, after all, isn’t this ever-elluding solution, what our own leaders haven’t been able to figure out yet. But this doesn’t stop the audience from feeling just as cheated at the end as they feel cheated by the system at large.... full review

So-So, by Divya Solgama, Gomolo.in : ...Akshay Khanna as a common man is good and does full justice to its character. He is supported brilliantly by Anu Kapoor as a corrupt cop followed by Satish Kaushik and Amit Mistry.... full review

So-So, by Gaurav Malani, indiatimes : ...angs between neo-realism and escapism... full review

So-So, by Shubha Shetty-Saha, MiD DAY : ...Shriya Sharan looks pretty and Mugdha Ghodse looks and behaves like she belongs to some other film. ... full review

So-So, Movie Talkies : ...Though it's an inherently interesting story, where Rumy slips up, is in his characterisation of Bharat as a person content to just go along with the things that happen to him. ... full review

So-So, by Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies : ...Dialogue is often entertaining and insightful. ... full review

So-So, by Avijit Ghosh, Times of India : ...Shriya neatly fits into the part of a small-town housewife, in the process offering the rare sight of a new Bollywood heroine dressed in a maxi, the shapeless morning attire of millions of middle-class women across small-town India. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Bobby Sing, Bobby Talks Cinema.com : ...Akshay delivers a fine act but I still couldn’t find anything new in his common man.... full review

Thumbs down, by Smita, Desi Martini : ...Galli galli mein Bore hai... full review

Thumbs down, by Ameetbhuvan, Desi Martini : ...Wasted Opportunity... full review

Thumbs down, Free Press Journal : ...Eiven satire needs a fir bit of wit and smarts to sustain but this one is lacking!... full review

Thumbs down, by Deepa Garimella, fullhyd.com : ...Annu Kapoor and Vijay Raaz are perhaps the only streaks of brilliance in what is an otherwise shoddy film... full review

Thumbs down, by Rajeev Masand, IBN Live : ...Never smart enough to be described as a satire, it fails ultimately because it's dreadfully dull. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Fatema H Kagalwala, India Entertainment : ...It is a question of debate if Akshaye Khanna suits the role of the meek common man. His character is written naïver than a child and he plays it in his customary overwrought manner.... full review

Thumbs down, by Shubhra Gupta, indian express : ...satire is not Bollywood’s thing.... full review

Thumbs down, by Komal Nahta, koimoi : ...Business rating: 1 / 5 stars ... full review

Thumbs down, by Udita Jhunjhunwala, Live Mint : ...Another inexplicable addition to the script is Bharat’s paying guest Amita (Mugdha Godse), whose presence has no justification in the script except as a means to have a woman in skimpy clothes.... full review

Thumbs down, by Karan Anshuman, Mumbai Mirror : ...The second half, however, resembles a Chatur Singh Two Star or Golmaal Returns - films written by director Rumy Jaffery. It loses all sense of logic and resorts to slapstick. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Mansha Rastogi, Now Running.com : ...Some of the songs in the film too could've easily been avoided in order to give a crisp flow to the storyline... full review

Thumbs down, by Shaikh Ayaz, Rediff : ...lame writing, inept direction and sincere but ineffective acting... full review

Thumbs down, by Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters : ...Of the cast, Akshaye Khanna, Satish Kaushik and Annu Kapoor give it their best but are pulled down by a bad script. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Swati Rohatgi, STARDUST : ...The tracks of Shriya Saran and Mudgha Godse could well be eliminated without affecting the story at all. Even at that Mudgha does a disappointing job and has mostly all her lines dubbed again showing the marked difference of the way she delivers her dialogues and the way it should ideally sound.... full review

Thumbs down, by Sudhish Kamath, The Hindu : ...Jaane Bhi Do… Yawn-o!... full review

Thumbs down, by Priyanka Roy, The Telegraph : ...f you are still in the mood to give Gali Gali Chor Hai a chance, then Akshaye Khanna’s earnestness and Annu Kapoor’s slimy cop act could be the reasons. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Mr Care, Upper Stall : ...like Anna’s movement, the film loses steam very quickly, and becomes a shadow of the ideal it set out to demonstrate. ... full review