Memories Review
MEMORIES REVIEW submitted by Nikhil Edakkott
Jeethu Joseph produced a dark horse among the Ramzan releases.This film even though has so many references from the Malayalam film making style itself, in terms of cliché,but its entertaining.Memories is a mystery-drama-thriller.
SCRIPT:Story begins with a brocken Police officer who has become drunkard by a past incident,which comes and goes here and there[a typical cinematic cliché].He turns to investigate a serial killing, which makes the film interesting.Story can be compared to recent hit ‘Grandmaster’,where the police officer had become lazy by a past incedent.Dialogues follows the good old pattern and accent of mollywood.Some of the dialogues felt over sophisticated and literary.Screenplay has its moments;there is good action,suspence scenes etc.The scene progression is pretty much impressive.The over dramatization of some scenes felt dragging.The scriptwriter[Jeethu Joseph himself] has succeded in building a good suspense and holding it till the end.Viewver will not have the faintest idea about who is the killer,and scripwriter successfully gave confusion to the viewer by portraying some of the casts as the killer at some points of the scipts.Jeethu Joseph followed so many registered cliché like,bringing the killer whom we have seen earlier in the movie etc.The Sherlockian analysis copied from the ‘A Study in Scarlet’ was a brilliant inclusion.
DIRECTION:From the first film,the underrated film Detective,Jeethu Joseph has made a good impression in the minds of viewers.Mummy and Me and My Boss wasa surprise hit which made him the silent hit maker.He seems like a self made director.His direction skills have improved steadily from 2007.This film is way better than Detective in making,but still the mystery he carried in the detective is may favorite.His casting is not upto the mark.He could have used much more talented actors who can act in drama movies well.
ACTING:As the lead Prithviraj delivered a decent performance.But in my opinion its not up to the mark.Except by his physique he could not do complete justice to the character.But there is no one in Malayalam industry now, to portray this character.The killer performed well.Also Sreejith Ravi,who had a groovy character to perform,which needs subtle acting.Most of the other actors performed way under the margin.
TECHNICAL:Editing by Shelton is one of the best works of recent times.Each scene progression awesome as we cll it.It is whole heartedly supported by the VFX department.The trail back scene through the city was the best among the pack.DOP Sujith Vasudev could have done a better job.
SOUND TRACK:The BGS is done by Sejo John,who certainly saved the film from going in to dragging on multiple occations.Songs were not impressive as the BGM.
This movie is a must watch for all kinds of viewers.Its better than any other recent suspece thrillers for sure.Im giving 7 out of 10 for this thriller and a n extra 1 for the climax,because in this genre the climax matters more than any other things.
RATING:8/10
