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  Review by Nakul ★★★½

  Loosely based on Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Dileesh Pothan's JOJI is a moody & haunting character study with touch of black comedy, that turns into a far more all-encompassing statement on greed, conceit & guilt. The eerie score & atmospheric cinematography really brought out a sense of dread and foreboding. Fahadh Faasil delivers yet another fantastic performance and equally terrific performances by the rest of the cast, especially Unnimaya Prasad.
  Tho it's not quite as strong & effortlessly rich as actor-director duo's previous two movies.

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  Review by Vishwas Verma ★★★

  Dangerous Mind of Joji. The last 30 minutes were top class.

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★ 21

  Indian cinema and I don't get along well. The movies from this country I've seen has rarely resulted in a high rating, so I often give low critiques and ratings to films that many in the country consider almost sacred. Recently, it was an Indian movie that ended up unleashing the apocalypse at the club I'm at here on Letterboxd.

  I have the tendency to go against my better judgment occasionally, and I decide to go watch another movie from this country. Though the reception for the film hasn't been great, the idea of an Indian adaptation of MacBeth was pretty intriguing.

  Moreover, the way the film plays with the classic Shakespeare tragedy is quite interesting. The adaptation is looser,…

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  Review by MK ★★★★ 6

  A slow burner thriller inspired by Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Be patient and you'll witness a great cinema. Can't reveal much but give it a shot and you won't be disappointed... Fahad fasil as usual is brilliant.

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  Review by Michael James ★★★½ 2

  An adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, it is a compellingly executed dark slow burn tale of power, greed, crime and punishment. The pacing is steady with good writing, infusing dark humor at unusual places and taking smart shots at the protectors of so called traditions. It stays minimalistic and never overdoes itself. The fluid cinematography and the string music add to the low intensity drama. Fahadh Faasil plays his anti role with no remorse whatsoever. The rest of cast were good, with special mention to unnimaya prasad who aces as the calm yet petrifying person. It doesn’t leave a lasting impact as Dileesh Pothan’s Maheshinte Prathikaram or Thondamuthalum Driksakshiyum, but ends definitely a solid watch.

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  Review by prtk j ★★★★

  "നീ ഒരു mask എടുത്തു വച്ചിട്ട് വാ"

  Another film from pothettan that makes me reassure the fact this guy is one of THE BEST.

  "Chekhov's gun" എന്ന dramatic/literary principle inne ഇത്രേം frank and literal ആയി ഉപയോഗിച്ച ശ്യാം പുഷ്‌കരന് ഒരു കുതിരപവൻ ആദ്യം തന്നെ.

  And as usual, പോത്തേട്ടൻ അടുത്ത ഒരു 100 film page write-ups innulla വക പടത്തിൽ ചെയ്ത് വച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.

  Special mention for Justin Varghese's score.

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  Review by oru_dude 1

  Put on a mask and come.
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  Review by Soumajit Nath ★★★½ 2

  75/100

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  Malayalam film industry is just rocking right now. Few months back we got THE GREAT INDIAN KITCHEN, then DRYSHYAM 2 and then I was thinking about where is Fahad Fasil the man who can act even with his eyes but why he is silent?, finally wait is over and he comes as joji in this new malayalam thriller, JOJI. My excitement for this one was tooooo much as most people have said in their reviews that this film takes it's inspiration from one of my most favourite Shakespeare's tragedy I.e MACBETH. I was too hyped up for this one. And after seeing this film I can confirm that it's for sure it has really deserved that much hype.…

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  Review by brutalkangaroo ★★★★½

  My oh my pothettan tharangam keralakkarayil veendum aanjadikkunnu🔥❤️

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  Review by Deepak Chazhoor ★★★★★ 2

  Macbeth meets Irakal.

  After Maheshinte Prathikaaram and Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum, I expected Joji to be great, but what we have here is truly remarkable and exceptionally brilliant.

  It goes without saying that Shakespearean tragedies are bound to be dark in tone, but here the narrative is crafted in such a way that Joji treads on an extremely delicate and fine line of subtlety throughout. Generally, I’m not a big fan of Syam Pushkaran’s writing with an overt focus on political correctness and social commentary, but I should say that I just loved what he has done here with the theme and storyline.

  I’m probably saying this for the nth time, but Fahadh Faasil is the best in Indian Cinema, of his generation. Fahadh’s immensely nuanced performance here is…

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  Review by Mystic River ★★★½ 1

  Dileesh Pothan's Joji is an intense character study on the horrors of Greed, weight of oppression and clash of morality in a world full of dominant people with varying shades of greed.

  Shyam Pushkaran's world of crime in Joji has a family that functions as a synonym of ' layers of greed ' where everyone wants one thing or the other at the fulcrum. And the lengths to which each one goes forms the crux of the story.
  We have a tough nut sharpy patriarch, a disregarded son taunted as 'second piece' trying to make it big while also nurturing deep aversion towards his father, a son who is amoral, greedy and secretly wishes to get his share of wealth,…

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  Review by arsheeza ★★★★½

  Dileesh Pothan and Fahadh Faasil duo has done it again to make another classic film! This is truly a haunting movie that will keep you hooked and shocked. Syam Pushkaran's writing delivers it completely and possibly his most innovative works he has done. Special mention to music by Justin Varghese who completely pulled it off to an extent. I have heard some people said that slow pace kind of ruins it. To me, the pacing sets the tone and builds up the tension to the viewers as well. Joji is bit of a polarizing watch. It's not for everybody specially for the mainstream audience. As everybody says, this is Pothettan's brilliance at finest.