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This is one film which leaves you guessing till the end and every guess you make is almost always wrong. That's what makes a good thriller film.

The first half of the movie is so average and gave a feel like below average movie but, after interval block it had totally changed because of the superb twists and turns. Karthi,Sathyaraj and jo had given a decent and beautiful role in this film.One time watchable,book the tickets and go and watch with your family

Awesom movie. Worth money. Sure entertainer. The thrill begins from Interval and keeps the pace throughout then.

Though the story doesn't move too much up until then interval block, the first half is very much enjoyable with Karthi's humorous mannerisms. The internal block presents a couple of twists which sets the tone for the second half, which is a mix of emotions and twists and is very much engaging. The performances of Karthi, Jyothika and Sathyaraj form the main pillars of the movie along with the brother-sister emotions and the well-executed screenplay. Definitely a worth watch in theatre.

Good movie... twist and thrill ! Feel the Drishyam in the movie.... recommended to watch!!! Rating 7.5 to 8...!

Good movie , nice screenplay ,2nd half twist is unexpected, all actors well played with their roles, Karthi jothika well played, my rating 4/5 for this movie, nice cinematography worthy watch in theatre

Acting on the part of everyone except for Sathyaraj are mediocre... The music is dull and the background score leaves a lot to be desired. The direction and editing is a bit messy as well and there are gaps and goof-ups that a good writer or director would have corrected... But, the movie works and keeps you engaged purely for its story line .. and when a movie comes under the banner of being a thriller and is able to throw a twist that most people would not have expected, then it surely does succeed to some extent :) Decent watch.

Thrilling roller coaster! Screenplay & BGM plays the major part. Karthi & Sathyaraj - takes the movie to the next level. must watch!

I chose Thambi at random on Netflix (orig. Tamil w.Eng subs) not expecting anything much and prepared to switch off if it did not sustain my interest.

Surprisingly Thambi turned out to be quite a good watch with a decent quotient of humorous dialogues, some masala but well choreographed dances and action, literally cliff hanger stunts and a few good twists in the tale. Jyothika for a change was not in an action Jackson role!

Karthi was good as Saravanan the wayward Thambi. Ilavarasu was the perfect Inspector (he was great in Pattam Pole too). Sowcar Janaki made a good crafty Paati!

Some parts are slow which can be easily fast forwarded without losing substance.

The locations especially in the Nilgiris are stunning. The cottage in the estate with the slanting roof where the Inspector meets his end, looks like a fancy bungalow overlooking Emeralde Lake just out of Ooty. Wonder if it is.

The cinematography, sets etc are good.

No spoilers as there are indeed a few twists and turns that need not be revealed to those who havent yet watched the film.

Overall: A good entertainer and thriller.

Jeethu Joseph tries hard to retain the vibe of Drishyam/Papanasam in his latest outing, starring Karthi, Jyothika, Sathyaraj, and Nikhila Vimal. The effort is commendable, and Thambi indeed is a 'family thriller', but the thriller dots barely connect and the emotional dots do not connect at all. Yet, what keeps the film afloat are the casting choices and the manner in which Jeethu tries to pull off a rather far-fetched make-believe.

It, however, fails in drawing great connects between the various members in the family, especially between brother and sister. Also, the placement of red-herrings is sometimes too evident in the screenplay. The first half is quite underwhelming with the prodigal son (or just a con-man?) returning to his home after 15 years and adjusting to the newfound surroundings. There are a number of song sequences, a by-the-numbers romantic angle that doesn't add meat to the central storyline, and a subplot that barely reveals character intentions.

Things do get better in the second half, but at one point, you're subjected to fight sequence after fight sequence without any solid improvement in the plot. The murders in Thambi aren't covered up as phenomenally as the one in Drishyam was. And when the big twist comes around, one does tend to feel that the sole purpose of many earlier scenes was only to distract and deceive. The ensemble does a neat-to-serviceable job with their characters, with Sathyaraj the only one standing out. I also enjoyed Sowcar Janaki's presence in the movie.

Thambi is no Papanasam or Parasite, I can tell you that. It's not a difficult film to sit through, but it could have been a lot (I mean A LOT!) better.

An entertainment roller coaster of a thriller story with enough twists and turns till the end. I didn't expect anything from the movie in the name of Karthi or Jothika. Just started watching it as any movie on Netflix... and the movie did well till end. Its just that, unfortunately I read the "Parental Guidance" on IMDB before watching the movie which normally I do to watch with my kids, but that had a line of spoiler that made me guess the end twist a little earlier. So, please don't read it if you want to enjoy it through out and yes, there's nothing too much to worry to watch with Kids apart from the regular Indian movie fight violences and song glamours.

The plot and the presentation is very good though the unfolding of the plot is rushed through. Director has ensured to keep the audience engaged and it's worth watching

" Thambi" Tamil movie.

Mystery thriller with an extra dose of sentiments.

MLA living with his wife and daughter, searching his son, who had disappeared, 15 years ago. A con man, from Goa, comes into the scene as his son, bringing happiness and brightness in that family.

Story unfolds in first half, mostly as drama genre movie, to take us to an unexpected interval with a chilling suspense. Second half is in tune with thriller, with overtones of sentiments.

Story and screenplay carefully crafted well and director Jeethu Joseph has presented well, yet another thriller. Compared to his previous outings like 'Memories', 'Drishyam' ...this thriller is not that intense.

And these kinda story, we had seen in movies like 'Charithram' 1989 Malayalam, 'Imposter' 2012 English.... So this movie storyline maybe inspired or plagerized from the references.

Camera work is superb to keep the suspense and tension intact.

7 on 10 for this dragging thriller lasting 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Karthi as the con man and Sathyaraj as the MLA, shone well in their respective performances.

Well knitted presentation with unexpected twists and turns to keep the audience, guessing who is hero and villains are.

Safe watch

Love the plot, but the movie travelled in a very slow phase, or something was really missing. Leads done their best, songs are ok. From 2nd half I see only Kaithi Karthik in face/reaction, etc. no change in make up, reaction, etc. overall a watchable action thriller but worth for 6/10.

Thambi is a good family-thriller with great performances by the cast and a well engaging second half..

As per our jeethu joseph film this movie also had a huge twist at the conclusion. This twist is not even predicted by anyone while watching this movie but not too much as Papanasam. Comparing to Papanasam this movie is less packaged twist. Worth a watch

The movie was very thrilling and sentiment . Family audience can watch this movie. The cinema lovers also can watch this movie . Very very twisted

The storyline is great same as his masterpiece drushyam. But songs, fights and traditional way of presenting the story destroyed the greatness of movie.

It seems jeethu joseph back to era of 2010. It could have earn more stars if he did little bit modernization.

Music should be more suspense type.

Anyhow jeethu joseph did his magic at the end with great twist, so you will not disappoint of watching it.

A pure family drama with almost the same storyline as the director's last installment Drishyam with few changes in it, but on a high level the moral of the story stays the same. Drishyam worked well because it is a pure Malaya movie with casual scenes but Thambi is like mixing up a Malayalam's casual moviemaking with Tamil commercial masala sprayed on top of it which feels like nothing but crap because we've seen all these craps in so many older movies. There could've been some emotional bonding scenes which might've made it work at least for the family audiences but I think they omitted it just to avoid the mocks from the audience since it impacts the baseline of the story which breaks only in the end of the movie.

This movie has got a medium rated first half of comedy and romance . Second half is good action thriller. Overall it is a mix of things.

Movies twist and turns are interesting but some scenes very unnecessary . acting of sathyaraj , Karthik and jyothika is powerful . background music is average. First half is slow could be better. Overall movie is good entertainer movie .twist and turns is plus point of movi.

Totally wasted unworthy movie ever.very boring

Again papanasam with a different narration.... first half is slow but comedy scenes worked well.... second half is good with some twists...