Theri (2016)

How long will vijay continue this, its pathetic. he is milking it, the same old stereotypes. recently his movie puli was different but his acting was paralled.here in theri it had some scope to the story but did not work out for him.. Been a fan of vijay for a long time, I grew up but he did not. It's the same old dramatic face reveal of the actor and such identical acting, I am tired of it. To be honest the songs in this movie was bad and bgm I thought I heard a cheesy version of inception's half remembered dream somewhere. And what's with the dialogue in the movie some are cringy. I seriously have doubts if vijay can act. There are so many emotions involved but not well timed, there is a sad scene, 2 minutes later there is a joke, this happens throughout the movie. Once again vijay tries to make a commercial movie and fails again. He tries to please everyone from kids to old people out there but that's not how you do it, in fact puli had such potential but in Theri, vijay is touching important and sensitive subject i.e human trafficking like forced child labor and rape and also prominent problem in India, the thugs incorporate all this with songs and fight scene this movie is primordial soup. the climax scene I was baffled to see that vijay is moving faster than batfleck I don't know how he got to the next higher floor without graple gun, maybe he is flash? As expected he kills the villain, boom , happy ending. It's anticlimactic, there is past, there is present but no future i.e no epilogue. Like I said I am a big fan of vijay I would like to see him in biographical movies similar to A Beautiful Mind, Rush or J.Edgar but not like milkha Singh or Mary kom . nobody wants a rock album in biographical movies. Something epic movies like Mel Gibson movies would be great. I know it's a long shot but if he keeps making these theri sort of movies I might give up soon. Verdict:- stereotype acting is enough bro.

As a first point, a big kudos to Atlee for taking up his second movie with a big star of the Tamil film industry and delivered in a fantastic manner.Next to the Director Mahendran Sir, a man of simple and so elegant agreed for acting the movie at the age of around 75. Hatsoff to you sir !! Next applause to the cute and tiny Nainika at the age of 4 is a visual treat. A wonderful 50th Movie to GV Prakash with the BGM and songs were pleasing and rocking. Single track of Deva and TR were absolutely superb.Na Muthukumar again proved with his lyrics that he is fantastic. George Williams cinematography and Nuthuraj's art direction were Visual treats. Asusual Vijay's mass factor, dance ,fight, sense of humour, sentiments,etc... Beautiful Samantha had more scopes other than dance and romance. Nainika , little cute Angel Rajendran, a full time comedian was fabulous. Mahendran sir, a fantastic Villain Radhika, a beautiful mother Prabhu, as usual a excellent performer Amy Jackson, a second heroine role Kali venkat,Sunaina, swaminathan,Manobala,Azhagamperumal did their little role better.A Usual story portrayed with a real background delivered in proper manner. Like father Like Son is a message given. An excellent family entertainer.My rating would be 10/10.

Theri- The movie begins with a happy life of vijay and his daughter. For one hour the movie shows only the daily routine of their lives. In between these scenes we get to see flashbacks of vijay's past life. The flashbacks scenes are a bit racy and entertaining though some are predictable. The whole movie is shown in a flashback- present kind of fashion. For about first 40 Minutes the story is bland and doesn't even start in fact. Near the interval we see the story begin and it does promise to take off. However, in the second half the movie seems like a mix of few already seen scenes and a lot of clichés and predictability. The second has is somewhat better than the first in the fact that it is faster and has a story. In few scenes u may feel like the movie is slowing down. The love scenes where nothing new or interesting, and not much of comedy to laugh at. The movie has some real life incidents the society is facing now. Vijay seems like he is out of expressions. The songs could have been better, only enjoyable once where Jithu Jilladi with Deva sir's voice and Eena Meena. The BGM however scores well. The dialogue delivery and modulation is something vijay should work at. Baby Nainika's dialogue are almost not understandable. Amy Jackson has no scope in the movie, her sudden attraction towards vijay for no reason is a bit worrying. Samantha has done her role well nothing much more to say on the lead actresses. Cinematography is on spot and the cinematographer has scored well, even the scenes are good and contrasting well colored. Costume designer too should get a special mention most dresses where too good. The songs could have been reduced. Hope the upcoming directors focus on stories more than songs,as young generation doesn't want much songs at least not more than 2. However, Vijay is choosing different scripts to try and work at that is commendable and hope he comes out with better projects in the future. Director Atlee should not have jumped to a big actor's action movie all of a sudden. However, i hope he sticks to his romantic movies at least for now. To sum it up, it is a treat for vijay fans and can be enjoyed once.

I would have given this film zero, that is, ignore it totally and leave it without rating. However, given the time and money that I spent on this movie... it is my duty to warn others. There is no story, whatsoever, just random action and emotional gimmickery! Music is bad, action sequences are good, Samantha looks like a puffed up rice plate and the Amy jackson is forcefully there to play the malayalee (she doesn't even look like one!) to woo Vijay's fans in Kerala!!!Direction has flickered from time to time, with actors breaking fourth wall occasionally! Screenplay... oh wait... in Mass Tamil movies, we look over this particular word... because Screenplays do not exist in Mass brainless tamil revenge thriller cop action whatever it is!!!Overall, a very disappointing movie which could have been a 20 minute webisode but lasts for 3 hours!!! ESCAPE! Worst movie of the year...