Nadirshah, chooses to play up to the galleries in his directorial debut 'Amar Akbar Anthony', wherein he places one crowd pleaser moment after the other to ensure that the claps, hoots and whistles are all delivered right on time. 'Amar Akbar Anthony' is a film that doesn't allow you the space to draw a deep breath in, and which stuffs another gag on your face, even as you express an intention to gulp down a mouthful of air.
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Padmakumar's 'Kanal' is a befuddled film that revels in celebrating retribution, like several of its forerunners have done, and a few quite fruitfully at that. 'Kanal' however is hampered by a half baked script that packs too much of an issue into a roll, and which lets lose many a question and concern, eventually offering zilch resolutions.
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Aashiq Abu's go-girl tour-de-force is syrupy without ever being saccharine and tugging without ever being overwhelming. It's a film that intrigues you even more in retrospect, and bolstered by a sharp script and a scrupulous director at its helm, strikes chords of recognition in both men and women who choose to watch it!
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'Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi' is an emblem of a whole lot of strenuous efforts going up in holy smoke. Though paved with good intentions, Anil Radhakrishnan Menon's Avatar-esque environmental caper, slumps down under the weight of its awkward narrative structure that finally leads to an exceedingly underwhelming conclusion.
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Salim Ahmed's 'Pathemaari' is at once a brittle and real aide memoire that prompts you to take one hard look at an expatriate whom you always knew from close quarters. Aided with some admirable connective tissue throughout, 'Pathemaari' is an ode to the life of a common man, who dreamt of living his life some day, and who eventually never did.
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There is solely the earnestness of the film maker that comes across evidently in the film. But with a script that falls head over heels for umpteen chestnuts, 'Saigal Paadukayaanu' is little more than an unfortunate throwback to a couple of decades back, when films and stories as these still used to have takers.
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The mastery of tone that Sanal Kumar Sasidharan exhibits in 'Oraalpokkam' makes it a transfixing ensemble piece of astounding depth. At times delightfully ambiguous and unequivocally insightful at others, 'Oraalpokkam' is cinema at its calamitous best.
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'Urumbukal Urangarilla' is original and creative, and comes across as an appealing cinematic disquisition on a population that apparently never sleeps. It's a quirky , comic film that provides plenty of silly, and yet inventive fun.
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A somewhat clever concept and a distinctly stylish execution do not salvage the film and 'Kohinoor', is a classic case of too many twists all together, spoiling the plot. With a more prudent placing of these exposes, they could have stirred up a toofaan indeed!
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'Life of Josutty' is a non-toxic film that in no way spoils. But with a nonchalant story and script that gets progressively run of the mill as it goes, the film qualifies at best for an apathetic watch.
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Balachandra Menon tries to drive home a point or two with his latest film 'Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum', at the end of which he asserts that as long as there is public demand for his films, a director could continue making films. Remotely funny, vaguely emotional and hardly insightful, 'Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum', is heroically dull.
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'Ennu Ninte Moideen' is a slow-burner that invites its viewers to soak themselves in a compelling romantic tale that is prudently drawn from real life. A pithy, well-acted and remarkably crafted film, this devastating narrative of love, comes across as a true celebration of the tender, expectant spirit that lies deep within it.
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