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Critics Review
2.75
Definitely Watchable for its Interesting Lead Characters!
A great idea presented pretty well. With a sharper runtime and stronger screenplay, it could have been much more. The emotional package is underwhelming, while the characterizations and performances end up being bangers.(more)
Source: Ashwin Ram, MovieCrow
3.00
Slow burn pays off in moral grey zones
Vadivelu continues his good act from Maamannan and deserves credit for smartly pivoting from his comedy comfort zone ever since. His performance here suggests an actor ready to age into meatier dramatic roles, even if the occasional comedic beat reminds us of glories past. Fahadh, reliable as ever, makes Daya's transformation feel earned despite the script's shortcuts. The ending falls into that tired trap where cops arrive precisely when convenient, with everything gift-wrapped for easy resolution. After all that moral murkiness, such tidy police work feels almost insulting. Maareesan works best when it lets its contradictions breathe - two criminals finding kinship in their damaged moral compasses, each justifying their crimes through different lenses.(more)
Source: Abhinav Subramanian, Times Of India
3.00
Vadivelu, Fahadh Faasil steal the show in this slow-burn suspense flick
Maareesan has that aspect going for it in the first half, but in far less impactful measure. The atmosphere-building is leisurely done; the two keep going off on rides and taking loo breaks. We keep getting scenes after scenes with the two, with very little happening. Sometimes I wish Vadivelu would just break into an impromptu comedy sequence, but he stays strictly in character, as he must.(more)
Source: Srinivasan Ramanujam, The Hindu
3.00
Fahadh-Vadivelu's road trip takes wrong turn post-interval
'Maareesan' is a comedy thriller that can make you smile, hold you on the edge of your seats and support the morally flawed characters. If we look past the convenient writing, especially with the flashback and post-intermission, there's a lot to love in 'Maareesan'.(more)
Source: Janani, India Today
3.00
A pleasant ride derailed by a string of unpleasant surprises
Maareesan is pregnant with premises of two perfectly engaging yet tonally different films, which could have worked on their own. The unfortunate chimera we did end up with serves only to show what happens when filmmaking overpowers storytelling, when the need to accentuate drama, the fixation on conforming to screenplay structures, and the hyper-awareness of genre tropes all come in the way of a story. Instead of forcing Velayudham and Dhayalan to go down a path of crime and mystery, the film should have let us follow them on a journey of self-discovery, without a map, like all good road trips.(more)
Source: prashanth Vallavan, CinemaExpress.com