Noodles Review…was this a thriller or a drama?🤔
Year: 2023
Genre: Family, Police, Thriller
Cast: Harish Uthaman, Sheela Rajkumar, Madhan Kumar Dakshinamoorthy, Thirunavukkarasu, Aazhiya Senthilkumar, Vasant Marimuthu
Director: Madhan Kumar Dakshinamoorthy
Writer: Madhan Kumar Dakshinamoorthy
Cinematographer: Vinoth Raja
Summary: After an altercation with the police, Saravanan finds himself in big trouble as the officers plan to retaliate
Overall Rating: Water 
Harish Uthaman & Sheela Rajkumar in a movie? Seeing our fav actors on the same set was exciting😊
Noodles was noodles! Don’t know the reason for this particular title and it was quite unclear whether we were watching a thriller or a drama.
The chain of events was not coherent that we wondered about the thought process behind this film…
~Still Worth Watching~
Delicious
—Noodles narrates an altercation between the police and some residents which later escalated into a threatening situation.
On one end, the film admonished citizens to know their rights and respectfully resist police intimidation; this was seen with Saravanan (Harish Uthaman) trying to contain the situation.
On another end, we understood that the police, constantly being subjected to public humiliation, needed to preserve their image by reinforcing power
—Madhan Kumar Dakshinamoorthy (playing officer Elango) carried the show all the way! He was the police officer you didn’t wanna mess with as he’d do anything to make your life miserable.
He was so irritating with his careless and sarcastic facial expression, we really wanted to punch him 😄
—For having an incoherent chain of events, it was great that the movie was short🙃
Bland
—Let’s talk about the acting: as much as we were happy to see Harish and Sheela (playing Saravanan’s wife) together, they sadly didn’t deliver.
They were not comfortable with each other, looking quite timid. Moreover, during the turbulent moments of the scenario, Sheela was simply gazing at Harish without genuinely feeling disturbed.
Harish maintained the same momentum, we didn’t see agony coming from within. He just stood tall and showed a bit of concern
—As there was no parallel narrative, it was repetitive to keep on seeing the same faces and set location. Plus, the dialogues were rather plain instead of inspiring. Themes weren’t explored in depth.
Making us wonder what was the plan for making such a film
—The screenplay opened up with a thrilling aura as we saw the police officers creating unnecessary problems and could foresee a future retaliation.
After the intermission, the pace just became stagnant with a prolonged back-and-forth between Saravanan and the police officers…
Noodles appeared like an experiment as it was Madhan Kumar’s directorial debut, kinda of a way to test the waters before engaging in more projects😕
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(Audio: Tamil; English Subtitles: Yes)
