Christopher

***Christopher Malayalam Movie Review***

Directed by Unnikrishnan B starring Mammootty in lead role.

Also starring Amala Paul, Aishwarya Lekshmi , Sneha , Dileesh Pothan, Shine Tom Chacko

Always the dice doesn't throw 12 , post watching i felt.

Positivity of the Movie....

1) Mammootty, Mammootty, Mammootty...Its just him. It will be difficult for a cinematographer to take the best shot as evey shot he comes, it just awesome. He delivered the best & that he will do when he has the worst script.

2) BGM was good

3) Unnikrishnan Sir film making was quite different. Some shots seems to remind me of your Shaji Kailas sir. Making wise he tried to cover up the age old topic & that efforts needs to be appreciated

4) Amala Paul gave a fair performance.

5) No songs, no unnecessary comedy made the watchable.

Negativity of the Movie

1) Rapes, violence against women is serious, grave topic but thats not an overnight story. Its happening since years then why in 2023 , this topic needs to be highlighted???

2) Predictability observed in many areas including the climax

3) Logical issues behind executing a murder.

4) Villian performance seems to remind me of his character in Etharkum Thunindhavan movie.

5) Aishwarya Lekshmi character was just an unnecessary addition just to drag the story further. No notable performance from her side.

6) Sarath Kumar, Sneha, Siddique and many more but there were just having an extended cameo appearance. An actor like Sarath Kumar why not out of disrespect but it has to be something strong in character when taking his date.

Overall if Aarattu was a celebration of the Mohanlal stardom, here the writer Uday Krishnan and B Unnikrishnan exploited the stardom of Mammootty but came to be an average.

I count not believe thaat the director of Madampi directed this Aaratt and Christopher.

Its a disaster movie and they should improve on the script witting and direction, They are not developing the skills of direction. They just utilized the stardom of Mammootty, they did jot use the acting skills of him.

There are many actors from tamil industry which is played an un relevant roles in the movie. This many actors are here in malayalam industry and they could not find the suitable actors for these roles.

I could not believe, how Uday krishna wrote this type of scripts which has no logic.

Lookimg for a good movie from this director and script writer.

The bar for director B. Unnikrishnan and writer Udaykrishna is set so low to begin with, anything even marginally better will come across as tolerable. Christopher is a film that should have released in the mid 2000s, and audiences would've lapped it up. If you keep Faiz Siddik's interesting choice of frames and Justin Varghese's stylish score aside, Christopher has nothing to offer. With a script this sterile, the ensemble cast (including Mammootty) doesn't even try. From beginning to end, there's the repetitive format of a heinous crime (against women) taking place, Christopher learning about it, and he instantly goes after the culprits and offs them. Someone should seriously tell Udaykrishna and B. Unnikrishnan that depicting graphic rape scenes over and over doesn't make their film gritty. So many rapes, so many murders. We get the point, duh!

For people who like crime thrillers and cop movies, this one hits all the bills in the right areas. Seeing Mammooty's return as cop in uniform has been pending for long and he justifies the role perfectly like none other in malayalam movie industry. The story is good, but with a predictable end. The end could have been a little better. But, what else would you expect in a cop saga? All the other casts have played a brilliant role as well especially Vinay Rai, Asiswarya lakshmi, Amala paul and Shine chacko. The direction is good and the script is suspenseful and action packed. Overall, you will not be bored watching this crime thriller if you are a crime movie buff.

I didn't go with much expectations but B Unnikrishnan and Mammooty delivered a watchable movie. First half was better than 2nd half. Action and BGM were the biggest positives of the movie. Too much violence against woman shown in the movie which may make some families uncomfortable in watching this together. The way of justice was shown the right way as system is corrupt. But many such movies in the past like Chintamani kolacase, kakki pada etc have shown similar script. It's definitely one of the better movies of B Unnikrishnan in recent times. Having said that it's just about average. Definitely worth a watch.