4 Idiots review: too many jokes crowd the bungalow
Pugazh leads four pickpockets into a bungalow owned by an organ-trafficking doctor. Sajo Sundar Murugesan has the trap and keeps reaching for the gag instead.
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Pugazh leads four pickpockets into a bungalow owned by an organ-trafficking doctor. Sajo Sundar Murugesan has the trap and keeps reaching for the gag instead.
Dulquer Salmaan wrestles a transplanted hand with a mind of its own for one terrific hour. Then Nahas Hidhayath's film settles for a revenge plot. 3/5.
GV Prakash Kumar rents a room from Kayadu Lohar and walks into a survival thriller. Tight, until the creature's rules bend and the hero shots start. 3.25/5.
Girish AD turns a Karukutty church colony into a comedy engine. The Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju romance is one thread among many. Six in ten gags land. 3.5/5.
Arjun Das plays soft, Aditi Shankar does her best work yet, and Hesham's songs quietly rescue scenes. Then the flashback arrives. Once More, 3/5.
Geetu Mohandas and Yash aim for a dark gangster fairy tale in Portuguese Goa, but chaotic cutting and nonstop aura worship leave nothing to hold on to.
Elan's rom-com turns housework into a two-hour argument that gets settled with real estate. The comedy is thin, the speeches thick. Streaming on Netflix.
Sankagiri Rajkumar writes, shoots, edits and plays every role in ONE. The six-year feat is real. The film it produced never gives you a reason to care.
Vishal's directorial debut casts him in three roles across a shipping-empire revenge saga Tamil cinema shelved decades ago. The climax works; little else does.
Suriya and Mamitha Baiju spark in a breezy first half before Venky Atluri sands every edge off his characters. Likeable, but it plays too safe. 3.25/5.
Lokesh Kanagaraj debuts convincingly and Anirudh goes into overdrive in Arun Matheswaran's blood-soaked entertainer. A 3.75/5 theatre watch.
Vijay's final film is half a sturdy family drama, half a robot-filled campaign rally. What survives the three-hour goodbye, and what doesn't. 2.5/5.