Nishad Kaippally (കൈപ്പള്ളി)

Started watching this shitfest after seeing a reel of Arshad Warsi. The film was shot in Birmingham. The actor portraying a Gujrati speaks with a Mallu accent. I had to infant look him up to reconfirm if he really was Mallu. Nothing to laugh at.

By now everyone most people who enjoy American comedy agree that this is a bad movie. No matter how many A listed comedians Jerry manage to rope in his directories debut, Jerry should have hired someone who could actually write. He didn't. And hence we have this disaster.

Dull slow and uneventful drag. Seems like Apple execs took the focus groups too serioisly. Multiculturalism for the sake of checking all the boxes. Black, Hispanic, gay, Arab, Japanese, Muslim, red necks, liberals. And there are no aliens.

This movie is a technical masterpiece with brilliant cinematography, stunning colour tones, and carefully crafted camera angles that transform an ordinary location into an extraordinary setting. The soundtrack is also noteworthy for its ability to connect the viewer to the cultural milieu of Tamil Nadu. Nobody would deny LJP and team applause for their brilliance. That's what they have been doing in every previous installations. But, I did not enjoy the story. It just did not feel fulfilling, all foreplay and no ending. While not every movie needs a point or ending, this film seemed to set up a shift in genre with James (Mamooty) leaving the bus and entering a new cultural setting. Unfortunately, the inconsistency ends there and the rest became a trope that led to James traumatizing villagers as a complete stranger. When the audience is prepped to walk an absurd storyline they expect some more at some point. If it's structural and genre inconsistency, then we are bound to expect consistency in the inconsistency. Was James a deranged individual, possessed by a spiritual force, or something else entirely? LJP refused to address this ambiguity, leaving the story feeling unfinished and muddled. Perhaps LJP intended this film as a satirical response to pretentious film critics who look for meaning in every mundane detail at film festivals. If so, it is a brilliant critique of film societies and their critics. However, as a standalone movie, it fell short of my expectations.

Absolutely abysmal movie. Nothing makes sense.

A brilliant work of art that may remain in Indian cinema as one of the finest works of Lijo Jose. Casts include Chemban Vinod (Eeshi the son), Vinayakan (Ayyapan the ward member) Pauly Valsan (Pennama the mother) Dileesh Pothen (Fr. Zahcaria the vicar) and a supporting cast of nearly a few dozen exceptionally talented villagers. Very rarely have I come across an Indian cinema that deals with death and funereal from any perspective. The premise of the film revolves around a funereal of an elderly family man and the events that unfold over a few days in a coastal village. We are shown how everyone exposes their narcissistic side during a most distressing event as a death in the family. The wife "performs" her lamentations every time some one comes to pay their respects to the deceased man. Her annoying performance is at times darkly comical. Eeshi's wife is more worried about what jewellery to wear when her relatives come for the funeral. The vicar who is more of an amateur detective gets carried away and over-complicates the death into a murder. The coffin salesman who wants to just sell his most expensive coffin. Eeshi's sisters' lover who wants to steal a cuddle-and-make-out while she is mourning the death of her father. One of Lijo's trademark that can be experience in all his films is his exceptional skill to direct and manage large crowds to provide an overlapping blend of cacophony that adds tremendous energy and spectacular visuals. Again we hear direct field recording which is always a pleasure to experience unlike the usual dubbed soundtrack. The 5.1 audio experience of this movie should not be missed. The least appreciated yet most essential element in this film is the use of artificial rain, which adds tremendous atmosphere to the action. Lijo is a fine craftsman who takes extra effort to immerse his audience into the midst of all the action.

A) Okay northies it's Malayalam not "Malyalam". There are four "A" s. Practice it. It's one of the national languages. Get used to it. B) Write a script, don't improvise as it goes. Stereotypical characters. Predictible characters. This is a bad movie on all counts.