Maamannan

Despite the compromises in the second half, Mari Selvaraj's third film remains powerful, proving to be a testament to how his voice remains the loudest.

...by the time that it ends, it turns into something more — a saga that is quietly affecting.

Maamanithan doesn’t beat around the bush and tells a nice story straight from the heart.

Maamannan is hate-filled, idiotic garbage with excessive scenes of animal cruelty. It rehashes the same old plots of family feuds and murderous revenge that have already been done in much better ways in many other action flicks.

It doesn’t function as the emotional, gripping political thriller the film wants to be. A weak lead actor and a frayed story that doesn’t seem particularly interested in its characters leave you rather cold. A.R. Rahman’s great soundtrack can’t help it.