You Too Brutus Malayalam Movie Review

Eventhough Roopesh Peethambaran's Theevram didn't do a good business in theatres, I was very much impressed with that work. Roopesh is back with his second movie and from a crime thriller the director takes a complete U turn and present a humorous and fun movie. Don't ask me much about the storyline since the film is thin on that aspect but the fact is that the makers are successful in presenting this movie keeping the viewers engaged till the end. With a running time of just one hour and forty two minutes, there is no time for boredom in You Too Brutus that for me is a one time watchable above average film.

As I said the storyline is a wafer thin one and revolves around a group of people who at a particular juncture face some difficult situations and You Too Brutus focus on how they landed in that unfortunate incident, how they face it and how they overcome those odds. Moving on to the various characters, we have Abhi, owner of a recording studio, his brother Hari, Tovino a body builder staying with Hari, their cook Unni, Aparna who is Abhi's wife, Vicky a photographer and then there is Sherly who is an aspiring singer and Vicky's friend. Couple of other characters like the one played by Ahmed Siddhique are also part of the group which I am unable to recollect.

There is lot of energy and fun right through the entire running time. YTB is a typical new generation funda film that has some adult jokes that pop up here and there but everything is kept on a tolerable level without making things look bad. Running at a lively pace with a story that is difficult to put as a oneliner, there is something in You Too Brutus that makes you sit and watch the fun exploding on the screen.

Direction from Roopesh is a major highlight and there is definitely improvement from his first film and he has been successful in presenting this plot in a light hearted manner. The scene before the interval was an enjoyable one and a different one too and how they ended the first half was something that I liked very much. For that, all credit to the writing team and of course the director also.

On the acting side, Sreenivasan was humorous, Asif Ali was equally good. But there were some problems with him especially in acting out some humour scenes. Rachana and Honey Rose were funny and emoted well. Sudhy Koppa was nice to watch but the same cannot be said about Ahmed Siddhique as he was finding it tough to crack our funny bone. Anu Mohan was good but the surprise winner was Tovino Thomas appearing with the same name of Tovino. I wouldn't say he stole the show from the rest but he was the one who scored the maximum among all.

Cinematography gave the visual side a boost along with clean cuts. Same about the music and background score that was done matching with each and every scene. Dialogues never irritate us apart from those adult ones but as said earlier, it never crossed the decency line to make matters worse.

Overall I would say this film is not everyone's cup of tea but still if you are looking for some fun and entertainment with less importance on the story part, the movie would surely appeal to you. An above average one time watchable flick, the rating for Roopesh Peethambaran's You Too Brutus is three out of five.

Rating - 3 / 5