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2.50
The film is so overstuffed with symbolism that the main narrative feels like an afterthought retrofitted into an ideological template.
The problem with Theerpu is that it is so overstuffed with all this symbolism that the main narrative, the main characters feel like afterthoughts retrofitted into an ideological template. The other actors are Indrajith Sukumaran, Isha Talwar, Vijay Babu, Saiju Kurup, and Hannah Reji Koshy. I would have liked to know more about a man's descent to insanity, or another man's feelings about a wife who is possibly cheating on him. Had these issues � which are particular to this story, and not about the world at large � been explored, we might have cared more about the ideological stances in the screenplay. Instead, we keep veering away to Gandhi, Covid, Syria, to men impersonating race-obsessed killers like 0aHitler and Mussolini, to a tattoo that says "Carpe Diem", or seize the day� The big message is stated as a piece of dialogue: When you kill the powerless, they win the war with their own death. But as a film, the real message is this: Don't make the subtext the text. If we don't care about the story or the characters, it's unlikely we'll care about the message.(more)
Source: Baradwaj Rangan, galatta.com
3.00
Thriller with barely any thrills
For all the big names though, the movie fails to make the impact we expect. The first half is just about watchable, but the second half lags too much. Some scenes seem like they were inserted forcibly.(more)
Source: Vinod Nair, Times Of India