First up kudos to Malayalam industry for keep pushing the boundaries while rest of Indian movies(mostly) are rolling in money covered in overhyped, clichéd, unoriginal crap.
Good things: 1) As usual in Malayalam movies realism and credibility of characters is good.
2) Cinematography and BGM are good.
3) Lazy elegance in acting of Joju George is amazing to watch.
4) Pushing the boundaries of script to explore the emotions, possibilities in taboo areas is a good experiment in our Indian cinema.
Bad things:
1) I am not sure whether this is inspired by the Korean movie 'Oldboy' or is it an original thought by the writer.
2) The acting of minister character, SP character and few others was poor.
3) The rape part was shown as a sleight of hand and pretty quickly pushed into background so that it can come as a shocker in the end. It's good to have that as a shocker but post that, the inner turmoils of both Vinod and Pramod should have been the main focus of the movie and should have spent more time on that. With current ending shocking value supersedes evilness, guilt, grief and other struggles.
4) Showing the dog in an obvious way in the beginning and cricket playing kids somewhat seems forced and did not seem natural. But the idea was good.
5) Most of the characters seemed one dimensional without much depth and development. Maybe because of that the movie seemed lacking. You could not connect to the daughter or to the characters of Malini and they seemed like shadows.
Overall its a brave attempt and thought provoking. But if you have already watched movies like Oldboy or Incendies then you feel a bit underwhelmed.
Good things: 1) As usual in Malayalam movies realism and credibility of characters is good.
2) Cinematography and BGM are good.
3) Lazy elegance in acting of Joju George is amazing to watch.
4) Pushing the boundaries of script to explore the emotions, possibilities in taboo areas is a good experiment in our Indian cinema.
Bad things:
1) I am not sure whether this is inspired by the Korean movie 'Oldboy' or is it an original thought by the writer.
2) The acting of minister character, SP character and few others was poor.
3) The rape part was shown as a sleight of hand and pretty quickly pushed into background so that it can come as a shocker in the end. It's good to have that as a shocker but post that, the inner turmoils of both Vinod and Pramod should have been the main focus of the movie and should have spent more time on that. With current ending shocking value supersedes evilness, guilt, grief and other struggles.
4) Showing the dog in an obvious way in the beginning and cricket playing kids somewhat seems forced and did not seem natural. But the idea was good.
5) Most of the characters seemed one dimensional without much depth and development. Maybe because of that the movie seemed lacking. You could not connect to the daughter or to the characters of Malini and they seemed like shadows.
Overall its a brave attempt and thought provoking. But if you have already watched movies like Oldboy or Incendies then you feel a bit underwhelmed.