We are talking of a poorly constructed script here that depends on some real broad humor to keep things going. And by humor, I mean the very mediocre kind, with some real lewd jokes and bawdy gags determined to out gross each other on account of their inanity. They need to be real careful with the air in the halls as well, since the slightest draft would blow these paper thin characters away.
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The big question is how does 'My Best Friend's Wedding' look like, in a Brahmin household? It looks like 'Seetha Kalyanam', with classical music blaring in the background, plenty of laddus and jilebis being served around and marigold garlands adorning every nook and corner of the screen.
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Open up this box of assorted candies, and you see them all laid out on a salver, quite uneven in manner and matter, posture and perspective and yet it all builds into something quite incredible that makes this ambitious enterprise a fascinating filmic feast.
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Swa Le loses out on its only point somewhere midway, and the rest of it is merely mindless fluff. As much as it rues the celebration of disasters by the media, the film remains a celebration of a disastrous script.
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'Angel John' is a fantasy that tries to bring in an element of magic into the most routine of tales in vain. A sloppy film that lacks any real fantastic flair, 'Angel John' remains as remote from earth as heaven.
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Hariharan's film is truly a masterpiece in that it has the manner, matter and mood of a monumental epic, in the finest sense of the word. This is no ordinary film that tells the story of a hero; rather, it's a stellar celluloid piece that vividly recaptures every moment in history, never for a moment losing out on the human drama, never compromising on its immense scope or scale, never ever letting go of its elaborate craft and detail.
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Fake situations, stiff dialogue and an unconvincing premise make Joshey's Robinhood the Pauper of Thieves. Short of action and short of sense, it loots you of your money and time.
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Vairam is not an edge of the seat whodunit. Rather it's a fight for justice, as Annie's cover story rightly points out. The truth is clearly there for all to see; we just need to stop turning our eyes away from it.
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'Loud Speaker' is a film that I want to believe in. One of those films that would have you walk out of the cinema hall with a smile on your face, it speaks volumes of the life that we so often miss out on.
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When Suraj raises himself to the slightly more elevated position of the hero, he loses out on the fundamental element that makes him so endearing to several of us; the comic streak that had drawn the audience to the cinema halls to watch 'Duplicate' in the first place.
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One of those doomed romance tales that ruled the roost in the late 70's and early 80's, 'Meghatheertham' appears badly out of place and time. Conventional to the core, it simply lacks the thrust to keep us looking forward as to what's going to happen next.
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Decent Parties is a royally uninspiring comedy (assuming that it was aspiring to be one) that has literally little reason for existence. It's a living evidence as to how trying, slothful and pitiable movies can actually be.
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