gokul16

The movie felt like an adaptation of found footage horror into a Kerala setting, involving folk like Theyyam. But still they failed to deliver something original to the table. I expected a more smoother blend, but this was just American wine poured into an Indian bottle - superficially repackaged without tasting either flavour. The premise had a lot of potential and they just ruined it.

The cinematography was pretty good, capturing the eerie beauty of rural Kerala. Kishor's acting too, was decent. I also appreciate the experiment. These are the only positives I felt.

I don't understand how it got such a high rating. Maybe people liked the experimentation angle. But for a dedicated horror fan like me, this was a below par attempt.

I liked the movie for the alternate history approach they used, it was pretty interesting to see, and not something we have seen in Malayalam movies before. The movie has some age-old investigative thriller template elements, like a cop who recently faced suspension coming back to duty and taking over a challenging case, and the humiliations he faces from some superiors, and so on. But it was nice to see a unique approach they followed throughout the storytelling process. This isn't a whodunnit movie, and instead we are presented with the crime and the culprits, and the movie shows how the cop links the elements and comes up with a case. The technical side is brilliant, as are the actors. Zarin Shihab is turning out to be one of my favourite actresses in the present generation.

I get that there are only a few stories in the world, and every movie or book is an improvised iteration of those. But show something at least for the sake of improvement.

Get-Set Baby is just the age-old template feel-good movie, where the central character is ambitious and tries to make a space for himself professionally. The movie shows the age-old technique of showing senior professionals as compassionless towards others and the hero despising it, thinking that he would not do that when he gets to their position. I have been watching this in movies from the time when I was born. Seriously, still in 2025? Just like in the template, the hero faces an issue, all the people who used to praise him start to blame him, and he finally comes out clean and tries to start a new life.

The positives for me were the performances of the characters, especially Unni Mukundan. Nikhila did pretty well too. The supporting cast was good, special mention to Sudheesh and Surabhi.

A template flick, not bad for a one time watch.