How does a family conduct funeral rites for a corpse that still has some life in it? Sunil and Vaibhav and a game supporting cast sell this comedy, […]
Ilango Ram’s ‘Perusu’ isn’t consistent but the big laughs make it quite enjoyable Read More
This could have been a fun equivalent of a page-turner, but the non-linear narration and the stabs at rootedness keep playing spoilsport. The rest of this review may
This is a morality tale about the price of success, told with tons of humour and emotion. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll leave on a high. The rest
This Gen-Z love story does better with the “com” portions than the “rom” portions, which needed to dig deeper. But overall, it keeps you smiling. The rest of
The film is a remake of ‘Breakdown’, but it adds a lot of flab to that lean-mean thriller. While it’s nice to see a hero acting his age,
Guru Somasundaram, Sanchana Natarajan, and John Vijay give fantastic performances in this sobering story about how difficult it is to give up a habit. The rest of this
The film is about the deseperations of a middle-class man. And while comedy is definitely welcome in a serious premise, the screenplay keeps turning to jokes as a
The film is an easy watch, but it asks some difficult questions about making a relationship work. But there is no preaching, and there is no overt messaging.
The film can’t decide whether to be a hero-oriented action drama or an ensemble comedy. The latter portions work far better than the former. The rest of the
The film has interesting characters and plot points. But they don’t come together as well as you’d hope. The rest of this review contains spoilers. The opening shot
Bala’s ‘Vanangaan’, with Arun Vijay, is not bad, but it needed to dig deeper Read More
The village-based protagonist does not wear a blouse. Is that such a sin? That’s the issue raised by this powerful drama, which premiered at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
The points that Vetri Maaran makes are sickle-sharp. But these points do not come together coherently in a cinematic form, because the film is extraordinarily dialogue-heavy. Taken together,
