'Nee-Na' tells an obvious tale with an inevitable end-point already in sight, but steers itself clear of heavy handed sentimentality. I would overlook the schematic feel that at times robs the film of its fun, and look at it as a thoughtful movie that has benefitted from a brilliant director at its helm.
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Joshi's 'Lailaa O Lailaa' is a sparkless action caper that digs through implausibly convoluted cinematic cliches to narrate a tale that seems to scoff at us for being told. Of the many bullets that are fired in the film, none remain engraved in our memory as much as the colossal style-over-substance misfire from scenarist Suresh Nair who has penned this massive fiasco that fittingly qualifies as a foggy snoozer.
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'Oru Second Class Yatra' isn't a damaging film, especially since being flat certainly cannot be considered offensive. For the most part, it restricts itself to telling a mundane story that holds few revelations in store, and does not aspire to be a fabulous entertainer that throws in style with substance.
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Santhosh Viswanath's sparkling debutant film 'Chirakodinja Kinavukal' might appeal more to the experimental crowd, but does achieve the accolade of being a positively delightful movie that leaves a wide grin on your face. Sweet, charming and downright amusing, 'Chirakodinja Kinavukal' manages to rake in a fair amount of real laughs, all the while brimming with an inventive spirit that isn't that common in Malayalam cinema.
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Perhaps it's our expectations regarding 'Chandrettan Evideya' that amplify our disappointment. Dunno whether it has all be pre-written as the movie claims to be, but looks like this is an earnest exercise that falls all flat.
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It takes a whole lot of courage and even more nerve to cook up a visual product that lasts for one hundred and fifty minutes out of a story that you wouldn't want to be caught listening to, even dead. 'She Taxi' this isn't; 'Boo Taxi' this is.
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Siddique's 'Bhaskar the Rascal' is a film sans an internal narrative logic that hardly outweighs its jaded stereotypes. The only redeeming fact about the two and a half hour long film is the highly agreeable combination of its four lead actors - Mammootty, Nayantara, Sanoop and Anikha - all of whom desperately struggle to bring in some sense into an otherwise bizarre storyline.
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Measure it by any yardstick, and I'd still maintain that 'Ivan Maryadaraman' is certainly not my cup of tea. For that matter, neither is the Telugu original that it blatantly admits to have been inspired from.
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Prajith's directorial debut 'Oru Vadakkan Selfie' is a quiet little gem that has popped out of the basket this Friday, which is a buddy comedy that has a very special edge to it. A pretty good yarn that is consistently witty, 'Oru Vadakkan Selfie' fruitfully manages to let that smile linger on your lips for quite a while.
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At the end of it all, when one looks back at it, the title of the film sounds the scariest.
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In his latest film 'Njan Ninnodu Koodeyundu', director Priyanandanan leads us on to a utopia of sorts through the medium of a dream, where integrity reigns. Offering glimpses of a distinct profundity, this is a film that's dutiful to the core, but which is sapped of the punch and spirit that could have made it a terrific cinematic experience.
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'You Too Brutus' is a bewildering film that fails to create something memorable or meaningful, and at best is a plodding assemblage of characters who thrash about in a clumsy gloop. And it never manages to go quite far either, in any direction whatsoever.
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