PimpinAinttEasy

The first half was breezy and amusing at times. Of course, a 21st century Malayalam comedy cannot be as exciting as some of the classic comedies of the 90s and early 2000s. This is a new era. No double meaning jokes. Everything toned down. Family friendly. Woman friendly. Some of the old guard like Jagadish, Bindhu Panicker and Johny Anthony have survived and are now acting with the new generation actors like Sharaf U Dheen, Aishwarya Lakshmi, Adhri Joe and Joemon Jyothir.

The story is engaging. A young woman is under the spell of her mother's ghost and the man who is about to marry must deal with the situation.

Some of the situations put a smile on your face but nothing in the movie made me laugh out loud.

The second half is less engaging. Things get a bit dark. Anyway, the film does not overstay its welcome. It all gets over in around 136 minutes.

Jagadish and Johny Antony stood out for me. Sharaf tries really hard. But the shoes of a comedic hero in Malayalam cinema is a tough one to fill. Standards are so low these days that even a quarter of a good performance is hailed as something out of this world. Sharaf seems to have impressed the Youtube reviewers. Aishwarya Lakshmi was cold and uninspiring. I do not get her appeal.

Anyway, the night show was full and the audiences were laughing like it was the 90s. Having enjoyed the classics of the 90s, I just found it all to be a bit weak.

(4/10)

Nepo kids CHRISTOPHER MITCHUM and PATRICK WAYNE join JOHN WAYNE as his sons as they try to recover the grandson (also played by a nepo kid) of WAYNE's character from bandits. Maureen O Hara has a nice cameo.

THE BIG JAKE is a nice rollicking western with lots of cool dialogs and relentless action. It is sort of a kidnap and hostage drama as well. It starts off really disturbing with a long home invasion that ends with the kidnapping of the little kid. Much of what makes THE BIG JAKE a fun Western is the interaction between Wayne's character and the others in his posse. Wayne's conservative ways do not always agree with the rest of the posse.

WAYNE's character is a real hard man in this film. Well, name a film where Wayne plays a nice agreeable liberal, lol. The villains are portrayed as worse losers than Nazis in war movies.

(6.5/10)

Fahad Fazil is the most overrated actor in the history of mankind and cinema. He has been promoted by mediocre frauds like Bharadwaj Rangan and Shyam Pushkaran. He looks like a small kid or some normie in most of the scenes in this movie. When he tries to act tough, it is a joke. Fahad is the greatest recent fraud perpetrated upon Indian society. Sajin Gopu towers over Fahad in most of the scenes in this film. Sajin is the real soul of the film.

As for the film, it is silly and goofy. Clearly made for the Instagram and Youtube reel generation. The three lead actors are even worse actors than Fahadh. Yes, they are in the league of Basil Joseph - skinny fat bodies with crappy dialog delivery and zero screen presence. Apparently they were selected after an audition. These three actors are so bad it is nearly impossible to feel any kind of sympathy for them or their shenanigans.

This is a horrendous film by a third rate filmmaker like Jeethu Madhavan. Atleast Jeethu does not treat us to shots of dirty toilets (he does but not for too long). Though I am glad that he is not woke or anything. Hope Sajin Gopu becomes a huge star.