At last a film at least worth thinking about (since 'Makaramanju') !

'Amen' (Malayalam Feature Film by Lijo Jose P)

Very rarely do we see a visual comedy (or a divine comedy) in malayalam which is famous for its verbal comedy and explanatory sequences. This breaks that convention.

The entire film has an Amelie hangover (That is not a crime.)

The Visual Comedy has worked in parts, A surreal town is constructed beautifully, Edit is sharp when comedy happens, music is beautiful (Excluding climax).

A word of appreciation also goes for the Art Director M Bawa !

The conflict between humans and religion (any religion) comes out perfectly so are references to history........It tries to build up like any other hollywood sports film, although the sport here is the clarinet performance for the lead actor. Although the hero performed in the final it was more of a band and singing performance than the clarinet. It was building up but it crashed for me !

Acting : Joy Mathew is Exellent

Swati Reddy (Kankalirendal... wonder from Subramanyapuram) is good

Fahad Fazil is Nice

Indrajith is ok

Extremely Plot based (same old plot of rivalry), Over done Camera work (the camera is always on the jib with a super wide lens), Film streched by at least 15-20 min, Dialogues with emotional content are poorly written, horrible performances by Kalabhavan Mani and 'bearded clarinet villain' (one of the key characters), A Cold climax and an extra horrible twist !

The climax just doesn't deliver !

I would like to congratulate the team for an interesting venture though its an expensive venture to have so many basic troubles !