ED: Extra Decent

ED (Extra Decent) is a dark comedy featuring Suraj Venjaramood in a psycho character role, which he portrays with remarkable excellence. His performance, along with his distinctive get-up, stands out as the film's highlight. The supporting cast also delivers commendable performances, adding occasional comical moments to the narrative.

However, the film falters in its script and storytelling. The screenplay lacks engagement, and the story feels underdeveloped, leaving much to be desired. Stronger writing could have significantly improved the overall impact of the film.

The music is decent, though not exceptional, and while it complements the tone of the film, it doesn't leave a lasting impression. Unfortunately, the climax also fails to resonate, leaving the audience unconvinced.

Overall, ED is an average watch, best appreciated for Suraj Venjaramood's stellar performance but lacking in other critical areas.

ED: Extra Decent took me by surprise as I saw shades of rare black humour in a Malayalam film. The titular moniker is for Suraj Venjaramoodu's character where he dons the hat of the "most dysfunctional" in his small dysfunction family. The attempt at comedy is mostly tired but ED still manages to make you laugh here and there. But what definitely grabs your attention is Suraj's performance as the eccentric and weird grown-up who has scores to settle. I had a ball watching this with my family as we could ask each other if we would ever do something like what the characters in the film do to each other. A good watch!

A film which is full of dark humour. But it was enjoyable. Story wise this movie is a flop. It doesn't have any kind of story line. Even the main plot of the movie is also not justified.

The only positives of this movie is Surajettan's acting. He has taken the whole movie on his shoulders. He was just amazing. The comedy elements were also not bad. I cannot say there's a lot to laugh but was decent in its humourous part. I felt that they should have atleast made the climax better. The climax feels incomplete.

There are lot of negatives to say but seeing it as solely a comedy film it is good. Overall it's a decent one time watch.

On the whole, the film worked for me based on the following:

1. Suraaj's performance as the psychotic Binu-exhibiting sadistic shades and cleverly concealing that persona-is spectacular.

2. Ashif Kakkodi's script keeps the proceedings engaging with instances of dark humour sprinkled throughout the narrative. Several "family cliches" are subverted.

3. Aamir Pallikkal's directorial treatment is a vast improvement from Ayisha.

4. Ankit Menon's music packs more to each scene - be it an underlining of dark comedy or emotions.

5. Great comedic timing exhibited by the supporting cast - especially Shyam Mohan, Vineeth Thattil David, and Raffi.

6. Vinaya Prasad aces her subtle-yet-crazy mommy role.

7. Not the perfectly packaged finale but it's apt as a concluding note.

8. This one is probably going to divide audiences based on their interest in / aversion to the genre. I liked it.

I just watched ED: Extra Decent and I'm still trying to figure out what the point of it all was. The movie was like a big mess, with a bunch of weird characters and a plot that didn't make any sense. I mean, I think it was supposed to be a dark comedy or something, but it just wasn't funny.

The main guy, ED, was just annoying and I didn't care about him at all. He was like a whiny baby who couldn't get his life together. And the supporting characters were just as bad. They were all like caricatures or something, with no depth or development.

The jokes were stupid and fell flat. I didn't laugh once during the whole movie. And the pacing was all off. It was like they took a bunch of random scenes and stuck them together without any idea of how they fit together.

I don't even know why I watched the whole thing. I guess I was just hoping it would get better or something. But it didn't. It just got worse and worse.

Overall, I would not recommend ED: Extra Decent to anyone. It's a waste of time and money. Unless you like watching stupid, unfunny movies with annoying characters and a nonsensical plot. Then I guess you might like it. But for everyone else, stay far, far away.

I'm going to give it a 3 out of 10. And that's being generous.