The Greatest of All Time

The Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) is filled with so many surprises, thanks to Venkat Prabhu's amazing screenplay that never leaves you bored. Thalapathy Vijay's remarkable performance and his screen presence stands out. His swagger and comic timings make us captivated. The execution of the film's action sequences is excellent. This film's final 40-minute climax is among the best I've seen. There are lot of twists and turns particularly in the second half of the movie. This film is a complete package commercial entertainer and it is repeat worthy. Everyone should see the movie at the cinemas to enjoy the theatrical experience.

Mix of all Tamil movies. Worthy scenes but it doesn't rhyme with the story. Too many loopholes

Movie starts with a bang. However the cascading scenes make us tired and creates a fatigue to watch further. Unnecessary casting. If you remove all the songs in the movie too, you can watch it without missing the story. Movie is running only for fanbase.

Violence scenes are to gore and horrific, even it is shown for few seconds on screen. I don't whose idea is to child violence in the movies. Pathetic.

The protagonist travels from one place to other but we don't understand purpose/logic behind the travels or for the useless missions.

This one is vijay thalapathy's one of the bad movie in last 8-10 years, i do watch each of thalapathy's movie, even in this movie he played his role so perfectly so can not give blame to him, but the writer & Director prabhu you should bare the blame, showing abroad countries, adding useless item songs, showing big actions in trailer won't work nowadays or never would be, simply there is nothing new, special or experimental, the young face of thalapathy animation was even worst we saw it better in one of surya's old movie, sorry but this was the worst of all time movie.

Please do better research, get a good story like some science fiction, new experiment, etc.

But don't let our hard earned waste like this...

The movie struggles to rise above mediocrity due to its poor execution and ineffective narrative structure. The pacing feels uneven, and there is a noticeable lack of tension or curiosity to draw the audience in. As a result, the film feels disjointed and fails to sustain viewer engagement throughout its runtime. The storytelling lacks emotional depth, offering no significant moments that resonate or leave a lasting impression.

The visual effects, which could have been a saving grace, are underwhelming and do little to enhance the experience. Instead, they feel generic and poorly integrated, further diminishing the film's appeal. The director appears to have relied heavily on references and homages, but without a solid script to back them up, these efforts come across as shallow and uninspired. This lack of originality and creative direction is the movie's greatest shortcoming.

For fans of the lead actor, the film might offer a few moments of solace, but it's clear that this is not the strong, compelling performance they were hoping for. The unfortunate reality is that the movie fails to deliver on its promise and falls short of expectations, leaving even the most loyal fans struggling to find reasons to celebrate it.

The same issue like previous Vijay movies since Mersal, promises so much, only to flatter to deceive

And it's usual Thalapathy show all the way, he tried as hard as he can to save the day, by donning the Ilayathalapathy character as well, but the script offered him only so much, after a point, it's exhausting.

Rest of the cast have got absolutely nothing character or story wise, but the most laughable character is Meenakshi's, even GK character was better than this.

Technically, it doesn't feel we are watching a big budget movie, shaky cinematography, movie needs serious trimming of 20-25 minutes, action was fine in bits and pieces, Yuvan's work is outright disaster, neither the songs worked nor BGM, horrible. De-ageing looked decent, but the VFX and production values are average.

Coming to Venkat Prabhu, on paper, this looks a good idea, 1st half was decently engaging, but second half was below par. Few meta references, cameos worked, but this needed MANKATHA Level direction.

Bottomline: Watch it if you wanna see the sinister side of Vijay.