Revolver Rita movie review: Keerthy Suresh's dark comedy film fails to shoot the bullet right, misses target

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It's not easy to develop dark comedy that makes people laugh. You need to know how to time things well, respond quickly, and switch from humorous to wild easily. There aren't many women who have been able to own this territory. What did Keerthy Suresh do differently with Revolver Rita?

Plot:

Rita (Keerthy Suresh) lives in Pondicherry with her mother Chellama (Radhika Sarathkumar) and two sisters. Parthasarathy, Rita's father, killed himself after a well-known mafia misled him into giving them money in a fake land deal.

The family has been sad for a long time. The women still take care of everything and keep the house running years later. At Rita's niece's first birthday party, things go badly wrong for them. A drunk gangster breaks into their house, and in the mayhem that follows, Chellama accidentally kills him. As visitors arrive, the family attempts to hide the dead body, but they unwittingly get caught up in a fight between corrupt cops and local gangsters.

Analysis and performances:

A formula that is well-known but conveyed in a way that is not new It's apparent that sections of movies like Magalir Mattum (1994), Drishyam, and Kolamaavu Kokila have an effect on the tone of Revolver Rita. But the movie doesn't really stand out because it looks a lot like other movies.

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The script by filmmaker JK Chandru has too many well-known clichés, predictable rhythms, and conversations that are so boring that the audience can guess what the next sentence will be. The plot doesn't have any suspense or humor; it just feels empty.

The characters are weird but not interesting. There are a lot of strange characters in the movie, like loud goons, a feminine pimp, over-the-top supporting women, and a henchman who speaks Telugu in a very over-the-top way. These parts try to be funny in a strange way, but they don't quite make it. The link between Rita's father's death and Dracula Pandian's murder (Super Subbarayan) is so thin that the story doesn't have any emotional or dramatic impact.

The movie is more than two hours long, and it seems like every scene is just attempting to fill time instead of moving the story along. The Issue of Repetition A lot of the time, the movie shows an entire scene and then has Rita repeat the same words again.

This makes the actions less interesting. This happens a lot, especially right before the big event. The repetition doesn't make the tension worse; it only makes things move more slowly and tries the viewer's tolerance.

Keerthy Suresh works hard, but her performance doesn't have the sharp, layered fire that the genre needs. Her face doesn't shift, which makes the amusing and serious parts less funny. Radhika Sarathkumar's acting is loud on purpose, but she still makes some funny moments. Sunil, Ajay Ghosh, and Super Subbarayan all play terrifying but funny characters, although their personalities are just caricatures.

Verdict:

Rita could have been a daring dark comedy with a strong group of women actors. But it doesn't work because the story isn't really good, the writing is old-fashioned, and the jokes don't always work. What could have been a great, fun, and exciting trip turns out to be a failure that no one recalls.

Cast: Keerthy Suresh, Radhika Sarathkumar, and Sunil

Director: JK Chandru

Rating: 2/5