This Independence day marks 50 years since Superstar Rajinikanth made his entry in Tamil cinema with his debut movie Apoorva Raagangal (1975). A day ahead of the same, Rajinikanth's 171st film Coolie has hit theater screens worldwide in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi languages. 

Amidst festivities galore, the earliest set of Coolie audience have started sharing their verdict on the movie using the popular microblogging platfrom X, formerly known as Twitter. Some of the Coolie reviews as found on X: 

Interval: #Coolie - A highly intense first half with no commercial compromises.

Strong setup, #Rajinikanth looks naturally young and has completely submitted himself to the director’s vision. Soubin stands tall alongside all the big stars.

So far - VERY GOOD 👍 pic.twitter.com/opBt9WS5AC

— MovieCrow (@MovieCrow) August 14, 2025

#Coolie is a proper crime drama which sticks to its genre yet manages to create great mass moments. Thalaivar Rajini is in full flow after a while, that hostel fight alone can shake both TN and Telugu states. Anirudh non stop duty in every scene. Blockbuster First Half #Coolie

— Saddy (@king_sadashiva) August 14, 2025

Avg 2nd half with few theatre worthy moments but struggles from Vikram hangover. Lokesh does full fan service to Rajini, that climax flash back scene is worth fans money🙏🔥

Overall its a abv avg stylish action thriller but i think this is enough for boxoffice rampage. #Coolie https://t.co/83fe5whXWs pic.twitter.com/8qNUMi9R9u

— Saddy (@king_sadashiva) August 14, 2025

#Coolie has been watched! Thorough entertainer from start to finish, but not because of any mind-bending, never-seen-before story, but because of the constant stream of high moments throughout the runtime!

Definitely a movie made for the big screen! pic.twitter.com/QMVk5Jcurr

— Varadhu Kutty (@KuttyVaradhu) August 14, 2025

#Coolie... lacks a punch !!
One time watchable for thalaivar..
Positives:-

Sruthi - Rajni combo💗👌🏽
Uppendra 🔥
Anirudh bgm & songs 🔥🔥(esp climax )🔥🔥
Soubin 🔥🔥
Cinematography 🔥

Negatives

nagi wasted
lengthy
less high moments pic.twitter.com/uFK90gRyMN

— Hrishi 🤘🏽 (@Adi_Sakkey) August 14, 2025

#Coolie Review:
1st half mathram ramp❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
2nd half lag feels 🙂🙂🙂 cameos were too good #Rajinikanth𓃵 swag 😎 and #Nagarjuna steals the movie with screen presence . Last 5 minutes mathram pothar 🥵🥵🥵❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
My rating: 3.25/5

— revanth_dhfm (@Revanth59788442) August 14, 2025

#Coolie After a decent first half, the second half drags making it a one-time watch with the right expectations. Rajini’s style and swag stay intact, which helps the film, but Nag’s initially promising role ends up half-baked.

A few blocks work well in both halves, and solid…

— M9 NEWS (@M9News_) August 14, 2025

#Coolie review: works only in parts and jumps context like you are swiping reels.
Yet another half baked movie which tries to extract every last drop of what's left in Rajni. My expectation on @Dir_Lokesh was very low, but holy fuck man!! not this low💀 pic.twitter.com/xQ6Fn4DWM9

— Tarun Kumar (@TarunKumaronX) August 14, 2025

#Coolie

Apart from the lengthy 2nd half and the over exhausting fight sequences

The movie is a pretty good watch with an engaging screenplay and good performances all over.

Rating 3.5/5

— Prasanna Balakrishnan (@PrasannaBalakr2) August 14, 2025

For realll

— Prasanna Balakrishnan (@PrasannaBalakr2) August 14, 2025

The 15 min lead up to the hostel fight
The fight sequence
Couple of twists
Rajni monologue
Few more at the end

These sequences in second half should make Lokesh and Rajni fans happy!

Keep in mind that this is a story driven action drama and thriller and you will like the…

— Sharat Chandra (@Sharatsays2) August 14, 2025

Coolie Review: Routine average decent commercial movie.
Anirudh music is perfect
Fights and dialogue are not good
Nagarjuna was eye feast but not 10% his full potential.
Lokesh Direction: 0%
--6/10 Imdb#CoolieTrailer #Rajinikanth #NagarjunaAkkineni #CoolieFDFS#CoolieReview

— Ongubeyyy (@bullshqrk) August 14, 2025

Just watched the movie in New York. A treat for Rajni fans. The vintage portions were too good. Action packed.

No comedy like Jailer. Fans will enjoy it. If jailer was 10/10 this movie is 8/10. Rajni’s screen presence looked much better than Jailer. Nagarjuna 👍
#CoolieReview

— Joey Biryani (@biryani_joey) August 14, 2025

#CoolieFirstHalf: A mix match plot 🫥 #Rajinikanth’s screen presence is electric, but somewhere #Lokis magic feels missing, action scenes are whistle-worthy. #Nagarjuna and #SoubinShahir 🌋🌋
Flashback shot of #Thalaivar with essence of Thanga Magan☄️☄️ #CoolieReview

— Ayush Srivastava (@Ayush619Ayush) August 14, 2025

தரமான படம் கூலி மக்கள் கருத்து #CoolieReview #Coolie pic.twitter.com/TzqAaoQ3iM

— Rajni fans club (@BalajiB17408405) August 14, 2025

🧵 REVIEW - #Coolie Review - Raw and Relentless Rajini Ride!

An out-and-out #LokeshKanagaraj film, free from compromises to accommodate the usual commercial elements of a large-budget movie.https://t.co/ZReAndVroM

— MovieCrow (@MovieCrow) August 14, 2025

A Sun Pictures production, Coolie is written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj in his maiden collaboration with Rajinikanth. The movie also stars Shruthi Haasan, Sathyaraj, Nagarjuna, Soubin Shahir, Upendra, Aamir Khan, Pooja Hegde, among others.

Coolie censored A, has Anirudh Ravichander for music, Girish Gangadharan for cinematography, Chandhru Anbazhagan at the dialogues and additional screenplay, Anbariv for stunts, Sandy for choreography, Praveen Raja at the costume design, and Philomin Raj for edits. The movie comes with a runtime of 2 hours 49 minutes 57 seconds.