Grrrr.. Movie Review : A weak storyline and screenplay immobilizes this Kunchacko-Suraj comedy

Grrr.. from Jay K may turn out to be enjoyable for children, but as it stands, it's barely held together by a slim storyline. It does generate a few laughs here and there, but fails to impress in execution. However, the tracks by Dawn Vincent are catchy and keep the energy up in the film.


One might expect something more adventurous when a film is made solely around the premise of a drunk man jumping into a lion enclosure and getting rescued from there. However, it's a very simple take on the incident with some family drama woven in. But, this isn't the real problem with the film, the lack of flesh around it is. There is a lack of coherence which is evident towards the end which saw one of the most cliché climax scenes, where everything is swept under the rug conveniently. The conscious decision to make the castes of the characters evident could have given more heft to the film if there was more material to work on.


Suraj Venjarammoodu who plays the role of a zoo employee plays his part well and so does Kunchacko Boban as Rejimon Nadar who drunkenly jumps into the lion enclosure. Anagha and Shruti Ramachandran are the two female leads and one gets to see Shruti in a frustrated wife role, which she aces. However, these actors didn't have much to do, especially Suraj and Kunchacko. Shobi Thilakan's role as a strict father and politician was believable.


The film points out various issues in government systems through humour and not in a dismissive manner. The way government officials shirk responsibility, improper running of government offices, incompetent structure from top to bottom in the system, alcoholism, blind belief and harming your own body in the name of rituals, etc feature in the film but nowhere is the director confrontational, which keeps the film successfully lighthearted.


It's clear that the Jayesh Nair, the cinematographer, didn't have an easy time filming some of the sequences with the lion and the team definitely brought their best performances too. However, the script is redundant after one point and soon proves tiring.