The Priest Review

Overview : The Priest is a investigative thriller and generally for a whodunnit, it's filled with red herrings. Mammootty plays with a priest-detective, and there is a reason behind this particular combination.

The movie begins with the investigation to the numerous deaths in a household over a couple of decades. Any similarity to some sensational case that happened in Kerala a year ago could be immediately ignored.

Mammootty is approached by a young girl in the household to inquire into the deaths. But there's more to the story, since the movie slowly unfolds.

Nikhila plays a schoolteacher enjoying helping a distressed child.

Using a script by Shyam Menon and Deepu Pradeep, introduction director Jofin T Chacko delivers capably about the scares with endless loud sounds and'unpleasant' surprises, but the problem with increasing the terror factor is that in the ending does not deliver, it might appear anti-climatic, that is exactly what occurs with all The Priest. At 140 minutes, the story appears to drag and you can not take another loud crash, bang or shout. The audio department has done a fantastic job, but has gone a bit on the intense side.

Mammootty is perfect as the religious detective. Manju Warrier provides her usual powerful performance (spoiler alert in mounts ( albeit in a tiny part ) and Nikhila Vimal ably complements Mammootty because the fearful spectator for his unflappable demeanor. Each of the smaller celebrities have done a fantastic job, especially the tiny woman.

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