Pattathu Yaanai Review
by Movies Cluster
Both Boopathy Pandian and Vishal made good starts to their respective careers. Of late they have not been enjoying the type of success that they would probably hope for. Will Pattathu Yaanai see them back on track? Read on to find.
Plot
Time and again during the movie you constantly keep wondering whether you are watching a re-release of one of Vishal's earlier ventures. Such is the lack of originality in Pattathu Yaanai. A carefree youngster crosses the path of a local goon to save the heroine. When the hero is on the run we are revealed his flashback which again narrates a similar story that has been done to death by our commercial filmmakers. The occasional humour wakes you up from the slumber that you often get into.
Cast
Vishal sleepwalks through the role. The maker could have inserted scenes from the actor's previous films and there is a good chance that you won’t find out. Though there is nothing to complain about his performance it is high time Vishal takes more care about his projects. Aishwarya Arjun who makes her debut has very little to do. Santhanam saves the movie to a certain extent. The comedian has brought out variation in his slang and does reasonably well. But Pattathu Yaanai is no laugh riot.
There is a huge gap between the frequency of intended jokes and the jokes that you actually laugh at. Despite this, humour is the only reason that you can watch Pattathu Yaanai. Giving tough competition to the intended humour scenes are the over the top action sequences that have henchmen flying in the air. Then of course there are the numerous villains roaming around in Sumos and throwing tantrums that they won’t spare the hero. A talented actor like Jagan is absolutely wasted in an almost nothing role.
Music and technical Crew
Thaman’s songs are decent but nothing to rave about. The same can be said about the background score by Sabesh-Murali. The stunt sequence and the way they are captured could actually involve a lot of hard work. But when the intent of the sequence does not bother you then they obviously fall flat.
Boopathy Pandian’s strong point is humour and he could have better gone for a full - fledged comical entertainer. Most commercial entertainers often have scenes that remind us of past successful movies. But here even those scenes seem to have been taken from movies that did not do quite well.
Bottomline
Pattathu Yaanai is another reminder that making a neat commercial flick that can be enjoyed by all irrespective of the logical loopholes is not an easy job. Though often written off as an easy to make genre, such ventures require great talent and sadly this Pattathu Yaanai team seems to have fallen well short. If you are fine with a couple of laughs every twenty minutes then Pattathu Yaanai will not disappoint you.Rating - 1.75/5
(Courtesy: moviecrow)
