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Malaikkottai Vaaliban Malayalam Movie

Feature Film | 2024 | Drama | 2h 36min
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2.5
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2.5
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Review by: K. R. Rejeesh
Content takes a backseat in 'Malaikottai Vaaliban', a fantasy drama set during Portuguese rule. Haute visuals and technical finesse create a perfect milieu while the screenplay is a complete letdown.
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Review by: Janani K - India Today
Director Lijo Jose Pellissery’s ‘Malaikottai Vaaliban’, starring Mohanlal, is a visually stunning fictional period film about a wrestler with superhero powers, although it lacks substance in the story.
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Review by: Sowmya Rajendran - The News Minute
Mohanlal, Lijo film is visually rich but underwhelming. It promises a mountain and delivers a mound.
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Review by: S.R. Praveen - The Hindu
Filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery tries something new with the Mohanlal-starrer, and the cinephile in him is on ample display with nods to yesteryear classics, but what we are finally left with is an underwhelmed feeling.
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Review by: Latha Srinivasan - The Hindustan Times
Mohanlal is the backbone of this fantasy entertainer. There are elements that work in the Mohanlal film, and elements that clearly don’t. Expect the unexpected.
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Review by: Arjun Menon - Film Companion
Lijo Jose Pellissery breaks down an epic hero's journey that's not afraid to breathe and take its own daring formal liberties. And this makes it a theatre experience unlike anything you would get to see on the big screen this year.
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Review by: Sruthi Ganapathy Raman - Film Companion
For his first collaboration with Mohanlal, Lijo Jose Pellissery makes a staggeringly beautiful-looking action film about an unconquerable warrior. It is in matters of writing said warrior that it loses its way.
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Review by: Sajin Shrijith - Cinema Express
A tiresome visual extravaganza with few joys. One can derive considerable joy from LJP's 'brilliant' frames, but are they enough?
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Review by: Anandu Suresh - The Indian Express
Unlike Mohanlal's recent films, where makers often got carried away by either his stardom or his potential as a performer, Lijo Jose Pellissery's multi-genre movie strikes a fine balance between these aspects, while striving not to compromise on its overall quality.
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Review by: Baradwaj Rangan - Galata
Lijo Jose Pellissery’s hallucinatory ‘Malaikottai Vaaliban’ is a warrior story that subverts how we see warrior stories on screen. The film, divided into episodes that build into a huge reveal, stars Mohanlal as a disillusioned strongman. For lovers of cinema and this filmmaker’s unique style, it is an always-involving experience.
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Review by: Aswin Bharadwaj - Lensmen Reviews
What you get is an ambitious pitch for something visually astonishing. Some may say that it is not a “mass” movie, but a “class” movie. But I would say that it would have been a “class” movie if it wasn’t really trying hard to be a mass movie.
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USER REVIEWS
JJ

Great visuals, slow first half and an okay second half.
   

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