“Eventually, he’s shown to buy that reality is somehow more preferable, because well, that’s the right thing to say, right? I never truly bought that he bought that. It’s probably got to do something with the film’s reluctance to really delve into the topic, save for these occasional self-righteous detours which I suppose were deemed morally necessary.”
Category: Film Reviews
Lady Bird: A rewarding coming-of-age story that’s unusually warm and deep
“They can’t stand to be together, and yet, they cannot stop loving each other. Perhaps you could say that it mirrors their own feelings about themselves.”
Keni: Too many ideas, too little depth
“You simply get subtitles, which results in the uniquely uncomfortable experience of watching half the film, and reading the other half. I dare say that a more elegant solution would have been to dub over the non-Tamil portions, so you don’t get half a film and half a book.”
Kalakalappu 2: A bloated comedy that gets funnier as it goes
“There aren’t too many directors like Sundar C out there, when it comes to conjuring up hilarious visuals. In one unforgettably funny scene, RJ Shiva’s character keeps sliding down a man’s belly.”
Savarakathi: What if Mysskin wrote Tom and Jerry?
“Pitchai (Ram, who occasionally oversells the theatrics), is a human embodiment of Jerry. He’s cheeky, and he’s constantly running from danger, literally — to almost cartoonish background music by Arrol Corelli.”
Sudhir Srinivasan 