| Good Reviews | Average Reviews | Bad Reviews |
| 5.0 |
"undoubtedly till date, David Dhawan’s best"
- Music 'N Movies |
| 4.0 |
"It’s the most contagious film around, and if you’re a not yet a Govinda fan, you will be after watching this movie"
- South Africa Sunday Times |
| 4.0 |
"All in all, you are in fighting fit form again much to the delight of your tension-weary fans who watch your movies as a therapy. Thank you Dr DD"
- Screen India |
| 4.0 |
"a laugh-riot that will have the viewers laughing in the aisles and its distributors, laughing all the way to the bank"
- IndiaFM |
| 4.0 |
"It’s entertaining alright and viewers are bound to see Salman Khan in a very different light"
- Glamsham |
| 3.8 |
"finds its logic in the illogical setting, quite enough to make you fall off your seats"
- RadioSargam |
| 3.8 |
"is hard NOT to like, and though it falls short of being a comic masterpiece as such, the movie does manage to raise some side-splitting laughs by treating the viewer with a unique partnership"
- AllBollywood.com |
| 3.5 |
"One to watch if laughter is what you are looking for"
- BBC |
| 3.5 |
"A must watch for this weekend"
- Mag 4 You |
| 3.5 |
"despite the shortcomings, you will not feel disappointed because you will have had a good laugh through most of the film. A must watch"
- Rediff |
| 3.5 |
"If other comedies made the viewers roll with laughter in their seats, Partner will make them roll with laughter on the aisles"
- Now Running |
| 3.5 |
"de-stress therapy and by the end of the film all your facial muscles would have got a good exercise"
- Now Running 2 |
| 3.5 |
"one whale of a ride that makes you clap hard, cheer loud, shed tears while laughing hard and root for Govinda and Salman"
- IndiaGlitz |
| 3.0 |
"a complete entertainer and gives the audience its money’s worth"
- IndiCine |
| 3.0 |
"The best news though is that David Dhawan is back where he belongs, on the marquee"
- DNA India |
| 3.0 |
"a breezy entertainer even if mainly for sheer star-power and style, and makes for a fine weekend outing"
- Full Hyderabad |
| 3.0 |
"Go watch... it's genuinely funny"
- MTV India |
| 3.0 |
"a two and half hour interrupted rollercoaster laughter ride"
- IndiaTimes |
| 3.0 |
"Filled with tons of antics and witty lines the film is not for the weak hearted and frowning faces"
- Business Of Cinema |
| 3.0 |
"full paisa vasool"
- Movie Talkies |
| 3.0 |
"It makes you laugh now and then, but it falls short of being a laugh riot"
- ApunKaChoice |
| 3.0 |
"see it only to experience the sheer genius of Govinda"
- NDTV |
| 3.0 |
"Govinda returns to form and cracks you up as Salman sits back and lets the under-rated actor take centre-stage"
- The Hindu |
| 3.0 |
"a stylish film with Govinda's silly shenanigans as its anchor"
- South Africa Daily News |
| 3.0 |
"Not a classic comedy in the vein of his Coolie No 1 or Aakhen but it’s still quite an enjoyable fare"
- Naach Gaana |
| 2.8 |
"Not the best of Dhawan. Watch it for Govinda and Salman"
- Deccan Herald |
| 2.5 |
"an above average comedy flick that is a time-pass entertainer"
- Bollywood Mantra |
| 2.5 |
"could have had a better script, that's all! Its undeniably not an enhanced version of Hitch"
- BollySpice |
| 2.5 |
"I sentence everyone here today to two-hours-and-20-minutes of punishment.. they must see Partner"
- Hindustan Times |
| 2.5 |
"Disappointing. Disillusioning. Devastating, specially since we were expecting sooooo much from the David-Govinda-Salman combo"
- Times Of India |
| 2.5 |
"one expects the world. With 'Partner', that is what one gets... well almost"
- Bollyvista |
| 2.0 |
"plays on Dhawan’s magic with Salman and Govinda, but this film isn’t on par with the best of the director’s laugh riots"
- Mid-Day |
| 2.0 |
"An open mind helps"
- Without Giving The Movie Away |
| 2.0 |
"the kind of comedy that looks glossy and feels good. Go for it."
- Subhash Jha |
| 2.0 |
"Naff dialogue and aged jokes ruin what could have been Dhawan's greatest masala entertainer yet"
- BBC Films |
| 2.0 |
"It’s a given that a Dhawan movie will eschew logic and be full of innuendos. Partner fits the bill but the gags are not that funny"
- Outlook India |
| 2.0 |
"makes you smile in bits but that’s about it"
- Times Now |
| 2.0 |
"I have just one poser for not just David Dhawan, but the entire Bollywood fraternity - you have perfectly fine movies. Why do you, without fail, have to massacre them"
- Jam |
| 2.0 |
"It's not a patch on some of the earlier comedies from the same director, but it's not a film you'll hate vehemently"
- IBN Live |
| 0.0 |
"I walked out during the intermission. Yes the movie was that bad....this is the third time in my life that I've done that"
- Movie Walah |