James & Alice - My Take !

[Cinemalover]

05/05/2016
Q Cinemas,10:00am
80 %

James & Alice is an avg Family Drama.For most of its part,its not the usual candyfloss romance saga but it sticks on to the same cliched family drama sans any surprise.Its almost 3-hour long & have immense lag during the proceedings.Prithvi's Perfomance & Screen Presence was the relief factor,As usual he delivered a top-notch perfomance as James,His brilliance in handling emotional scenes ,His looks,Body Lanuguage & Everything made James superb .Vedhika did another great job,She delivered a fine & matured perfomance as Alice,Family Court Sceneile Perfomance was superb.Supporting Cast was okay,But the presence of some really amatuered actors made many of the scenes pale,Prithviyude oru old colleague character und,Anyaaya Verupikkal ,2nd half hospital scenesil ingerude perfomance ,Sudheer Karamana vare verupichu konnu .Sai Kumar as usual did a good job,Vijayraghavan,Manju Pillai were all fine in their respective roles.The Girl who did the role of Prithvi's daughter was good.

Both Halves are avg,Without anything new to offer,The movie just goes on.Pre-Interval Portions ellam kollam,That was easily the best part of the movie,Oru nalla feel undayirunnu.Then came the interval,A good interval punch giving some hope in 2nd half.2nd half nannakamayirunnu,But the fanatsy element infused with family sentiments was not much engaging.The worst part is that the movie is highly dramatic & preachy.Climax okke over dramatic aayirunnu engilum kozhaillathe eduthu,Decent Ending,Last Guest Role Kollam-Kidu Claps aayirunnu.

Technically,Dop was superb,Amazing Frames .Editing was avg,could have trimmed a lot,atlest lenght kurachirunnu engil onnumkoodi engaing aakum aayirunnu .Music & Bgm by Gopi Sundar was avg,repetetive tunes aanu motham,2nd halfile chila Bgm okke straight away copied from Life of Josutty .Story is usual,the tried & tested one.Screenplay was avg,Sujith Vaasudev tried to bring a change in the 2nd half,but the amatuerish presentation & over drama made things look dull.Dialogues played another spoilsport,Overly Written English dialogues were too much for the common audience.Sujith Vaasudev is a superb Cinematographer,But as a director,He did nothing great,Its the usual family drama,age old making & preacy story.As a die-hard Prithvi fan,disappointed .

Overall,James & Alice is an avg Family Drama !

+ves
Prithvi
Vedhika
Dop
Some Good Scenes- Pre interval Portions

-ves
Some waste supporting actors
Story,Screenplay & Dialogues
Making
Music,Bgm & Editing

Verdict : Avg !
Rating : 5.5/10 (0.5 extra for Prithvi,Being a Prithvi Fan )
B.O Verdict : Prithvikku Vendi maatram njan ee cinema kandu,athupole ellavarum kaanuka vijayipikkuka

Theater Response : Ellam Youthanmar aayirunnu,ella sceninum comment adi,chila families okke kollam ennu parayunnundayirunnu,But Pothuve response mosham aanennu thonnunu

[newbee]

thnk u..too good...for prithvi..kanam padam

[ITV]

Thanks anna
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[Cinemalover]

thnk u..too good...for prithvi..kanam padam

Welcome bhai......

[Cinemalover]

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[Naradhan]

Prithvikku .5-o ??? Thaanokke oru fan aano ...

[Cinemalover]

Prithvikku .5-o ??? Thaanokke oru fan aano ...

0.5 Extra

[Bilalikka Rules]

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[Cinemalover]

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