Movie Reviews - ArtySri

Movie
Reviews

Here you will find reviews of my favorite movies peppered with interesting trivia.

Movies: The greatest magic trick ever invented.

Please click on the movie title to read the full review

AAVESHAM
(2024) (Malayalam)

One-line review: A “gangsta” gangster movie.

NANPAKAL NERATHU MAYAKKAM
(2022)

One-line review: A siesta awakens many.

PERFECT DAYS
(2023)

One-line review: Work is worship.

POOR THINGS
(2023)

One-line review: Awakening through sexual awakening.

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
(2023)

One-line review: Oil makes the blood flow.

MILLER’S CROSSING
(1990)

One-line review: Mobsters with hats and hearts.

OPPENHEIMER
(2023)

One-line review: This Christopher Nolan’s bomb of a movie restores humanity.

GOOD TIME
(2017)

One-line review: A man on the run for "a" life.

TRUE GRIT
(2010)

One-line review: Eternal friendships bloom in the Wild West.

SISU
(2023)

One-line review: Finnish True Grit.

THE MUSTANG
(2019)

One-line review: Beauty of the Beast.

RICHARD JEWELL
(2019)

One-line review: The nice guy who doesn’t finish last despite the odds against him

THINKALAZHCHA NISHCHAYAM
(2021)
(MALAYALAM)

One-line review: Engagements are meant to be broken, but not homes.

EMILY
(2023)

One-line review: Wuthering Heights emerged from Emily Brontë’s lows.

BANANAS
(1971)

One-line review: Woody Allen’s bloodless coup with laughter.

BROKER
(2022)

One-line review: An abandoned baby rescues many adults.

The Fablemans
(2022)

One-line review: Your heart is the only compass you need to navigate through life.

The Banshees Of Inisherin
(2022)

One-line review: Breaking up is hard to do, and take.

Jan.E.Man
(2021)

One-line review: A warm quilt expertly woven with all shades of emotions.

PS-1
(2022)

One-line review: A film about the time when royal drama meant bloodshed with swords.

Boy
(2010)

One-line review: This anonymous “boy’s” coming of age story is universal.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

One-line review: Well-aged wine in a charming new bottle, paired with some good cheese.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

One-line review: A National Geographic edition on the Wild West's Coenesque inhabitants.

God's Own Country (2017)

One-line review: A migrant worker also helps an English farmer find love.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

One-line review: A talented folk singer's losing hustle to make it, thanks to mostly him getting in his way.

Another Round (2020)

One-line review: Four middle-aged friends use alcohol to get back their high for living.

Young Frankenstein (1974)

One-line review: This superlative comedy gets its laughs by being a sincere ode to the originals.

Lucky (2017)

One-line review: Harry Dean Stanton plays mostly himself in his befitting last hurrah.

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

One-line review: A drunk in love, Adam Sandler, packs a mean punch.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

One-line review: A buddy movie for the ages about hope and happy endings.

C'mon C'mon (2021)

One-line review: An adult coming of age story, aided by a kid.

Licorice Pizza (2021)

One-line review: An impressionist painting of love in the 70s.

Sandesham
MALAYALAM (1991)

One-line review: A crackling comedy about Kerala’s rabid politics couched as a family drama.

Tangerine
(2015)

One-line review: A transfixing tale of two trans women’s hustle.

Hell or High Water (2016)

One-line review: Bank robbers or Banks that rob their clients, who're the real criminals?

Minnal Murali
(2021)

One line review: Entertainment (not CGI) fuels this smashing Malayalam superhero movie.

Birdman
(2014)

One line review: Unhinged, without missing a beat.

At Eternity's Gate (2016)

One-line review: Van Gogh's “Beauty and the beast.”

Once upon a time in Hollywood (2019)

One-line review: Tarantino’s epic Hollywood fairytale.

The Departed
(2006)

One line review: Distrust fuels this high octane cat and mouse mob drama.

Raising Arizona (1987)

One line review: The original ROFL.

Bottle Rocket
(1996)

One-line review: Slipping on a banana peel contest.