Penguin Movie Review

Release Date : 19 June 2020
Starring : Keerthy Suresh, Linga
Director : Eashvar Karthic
Music Director : Santhosh Narayan
Producer : Karthik Subbaraj, Kartheekeyan Santhanam, Sudhan Sundaram, Jayaram
Story: Penguin is all about a pregnant lady who lost her son, Ajay (Master Advait) six years ago. Her then husband, Raghu (Linga) abandons her and they later get divorced. She marries another man, Gowtham (Rangaraj) and she suddenly finds out that her son is alive. Her friends try to console her but she is still reeling in the after shock and depression post Ajay’s disappearance.

Doctors advise her to forget the past and move on but she decides to confront it. She finally finds out about Ajay being alive or she believes so. Police say another child was also kidnapped. On her way back to the lake, she finds her missing kid, Ajay almost with cannibalistic attitude. Still, the person who kidnapped him chases after him. Doctor David (Mathi) tries to improve the boy’s condition but a twist opens up his side of the story too. What is it? Who is the kidnapper? Watch the movie to know more.

Performances:  Keerthy Suresh performed well as Rhytham and she puts her heart into the film. All others are good too.

Analysis: Movie had too many ideas to discuss. Fallen angels, drawings, cannibalism, organ theft but everything is explored in the dumbest possible way trying to give it a clever thriller feels. It seems like a mish-mash of Kahani added to Scream and then putting it all into a template set by Psycho film series. Also, Stranger Things series seems to have inspired the makers a lot. On the whole, movie doesn’t increase your curiosity after initial 10 minutes.

Rating: 2.5/5

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