GOAT Movie Review: Thalapathy Vijay's sexist film is a complete ...

GOAT Review

Director: Venkat Prabhu

Cast: Vijay, Prashanth Thyagarajan, Prabhu Deva, Meenakshi Chaudhary

The main twist in the movie GOAT starts with Vijay losing his son in Thailand and how he recovers his dead body. It was by accident that his son went missing from the hospital. But who could have been behind this prank is the question. This particular moment is the scene staller when the father breaks down.

Thalapathy Vijay for the only time in the movie has actually acted in this scene not bothering one bit about how he is looking. When he breaks down to see his son’s dead body and his backpack, he starts crying his heart out. The way he howls will shake you to the core.

However, as the movie moves to the second half, it appears to be more of a stretch with loads of gun giggles and action. Not just Thalapathy Vijay, Prashanth and Prabhudheva do a brilliant job as raw agents. The idea of Thalapathy Vijay’s GOAT is good, but lacks the magic of true weaving of a story. The VFX too fails to add any value to the film. Like most south films this movie to has the sexist and misogynistic angle which has been normalised. The film shows that it is okay for men to come back home drunk every night and that too is shown in a comical way. Secondly, infidelity is also normalised when men on duty to Thailand are flirting around with the local women.

It looks as if it’s not been stitched well. Thalapathy Vijay plays a double role, both father and son. One is a completely clean character, but the other one is deeply dark with a strong backstory which gives the reason as to why he is the way he is. Going back to the story Gandhi (Vijay), along with Sunil (Prashanth), Kalyan (Prabhudheva) and Ajay (Ajmal Ameer), forms the Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS).

Sometimes, you will truly feel that it is a badly made Mission Impossible movie. Rather I would call it a bad copy. One should understand that for coping with a film you need to use your brains too. Director Venkat Prabhu who is known for his filmography fails to engage the audience especially in the second half. I hate to run down the efforts of the filmmaker, but I honestly believe that the first half was way better than the second half. Even in the last acts  of  CSK vs MI where audiences were expected to be cheering, Venkat Prabhu failed to leave an impression in our minds.

Rating: 2 and half out of 5

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Lachmi Deb Roy is the entertainment editor of Firtspost, Network18. She reviews films and series with a gender lens. Her interviews are called 'Not Just Bollywood' because she takes huge interest in world cinema. OTT over theatrical releases is her preference unless and until its a King Khan film. She takes interest in fashion, food and art reviews too. see more