Manoharam

2nd best in 2019 for me. I watched this movie without much expectation thinking this as an off beat movie. But "Manoharam" surprised me with its freshness and presentation. The movie is brilliant and very funny too. There is little suspense and thrill too which makes it a perfect choice for me. Coming to the -ves, there is deliberate intention to induce novelty in camera work by making shaking camera shots which I found quite unnecessary at many occasions. Also, there is lot of 'noise pollution' through out the movie capturing all sort of sounds in the surroundings. Ignoring these flaws, "Manoharam" is a nicely crafted 'kidukkachi' movie for all sorts of people. Must watch movie in all sense.

Snappy screenplay.Loved this slice of life. Excellent film. Kudos to the makers, everything comes along beautifully and the payout is even better.

I watch this mainly because of Vineeth Sreenivasan. Because I hadn't watch a movie of him for a while. I had a slight idea about what the story is by IMDB description. And because I love art and painting, I knew that I would be able to connect with this easily.

And so it happened. It's not a great movie but a simple isolated one. But ultimately it made me happy and gave me some genuine laughs throughout.

I have seen Basil Joseph in other movies but I think this is the one that I recognised him as a good comedy actor. Here he delivers perfectly.

But I didn't entire like the camera danced mostly in the first half. It was irritating. Maybe they were trying something new or having a technical difficulty but anyway I didn't like it and I really hoped that it would stop soon.

I like to say that this is one of the good films I watched in 2020.

So why this movie deserves this rating.

This film is a feel good movie. Perfectly trimmed out to make it short and sweet avoiding unnecessary songs and repetitiveness. As I said, this is feel good movie, you don't have to expect anything from this movie but this will calm you nerves. Technically, this may have some issue like camera, sound. But that won't stop you from grasping the quality of content the movie provides.

I appreciate each and everyone who worked on this film. Usage of local language and slang deserves special applauds.

This will be a MUST-WATCH movie, enjoyable by all regardless of age.

Loved watching it. Worth your time. This movie dwells into some uncommon territories that was never portrayed in Malayalam movies, like the flex culture in Kerala. Reminds some of the old Mohanlal-Srinivasan combination movies, but still maintain its own freshness.