Worst film, nothing great, idiotic movie. Waste of time. Sigh.
Penguin
2020 [TAMIL]
Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
Rhythm, a pregnant woman, is traumatised by nightmares about the unsolved kidnapping of her first child, Ajay. Soon, she embarks on a harrowing mission to solve the mystery of Ajay's disappearance.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
June 27, 2020 at 10:28 PM
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Top cast
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Worst
Feels hollow
Penguin had the potential to become one of the finest thrillers of Tamil cinema. But sometime after the first hour, the director decides to let everything go down the drain. Keerthy Suresh plays the character of a pregnant woman, grieving the loss of her first child and undergoing treatment to heal old scars. When her lost son comes back, a lot of problem follows her. For the first one hour, everything was fine. The screenplay was gripping. The mystery around the serial killer was intriguing. Even though Keerthy Suresh keeps losing her son so many times, the events in the first hour were interesting. And then, everything went downhill. Towards the end, when Keerthy Suresh manages to track down the killer, there is an intense scene where she is in the house of the killer. Unlike a normal human being who would have called the cops, she tries to poke around and manages to get herself caught by the killer. It is like the director decided that everyone from that point should behave like absolute idiots. Even after the killer gets caught, Keerthy Suresh has a conversation with the killer which will remind you of the confrontation between Vikram and Vedha. The entire conversation between the killer and Keerthy Suresh felt like a rip-off of the conversation in The Silence of the Lambs. So at the end of the arduous conversation, Keerthy Suresh realizes who the real killer is and once again goes to the house of the killer without informing the cops about it. Notwithstanding all these stupidities, there was a curiosity to find out the real reason behind the kidnapping of the boy. But when the killer finally reveals that, it felt laughably simple. Why would someone go to such lengths to avenge for something as simple as that? That was the point when I felt let down. The music was amazing. Santhosh Narayanan tries to keep you on the edge and succeeds at that. The cinematography deserves a special mention. There are beautiful scenes of fog covered hills, lakes as still as glass and imposing forests. Over all, Penguin is definitely a disappointment.
Movie which had a potential of 10/10.
The post-production, direction, screenplay and story completely messed this up. Trailer was on another level but the movie didn't justify it. Music was fresh but unnecessary sometimes. Felt like it was rushed without concluding plot-holes and committing to the story. Disappointed.