Super deluxe

One of the most underrated film of the last decade. It is funny,emotional and at the same time makes us question our existence and ponder on the deeper meaning of life. Definitely an eye opener and rarely does a film affect us to this extent and linger on in our minds for months after watching.

An interesting (if hardly novel) intercutting of multiple story threads is intriguing to begin with, and Kumararaja establishes some interesting characters in some darkly comic situations. Unfortunately the narrative technique becomes wearying, because the different tales have no resonance with each other; the 3-4 short films told as a straight anthology would have been better. The turn to melodramatic bleakness at the halfway mark is disorienting, and makes the second half a minor chore.