The yardstick for bad cinema seems to have fallen to extreme depths over the last decade. Such is the lack of content in fresh movies, that a film that seemed to be bad last week, seems exceptional in comparison to today's release. And such is the case with this film here.
Azhaguraja, opposed to marriage, falls in love with random stranger, only to realize that her family has a feud with his. Does he solve this issue and marry her, forms the rest of the plot. Seriously, how many million films of the same line, with some variation more or less have we seen over time? While Rajesh's films are known to be complete comic capers with no solid storyline, All-in-All fails miserably both in terms of comedy and story. The USP Santhanam seems to have turned stale, as his performance fails to evoke even the slightest of laughter, and it is sad to see veterans like Prabhu, Saranya Ponnvannan and M.S.Bhasker being wasted on menial roles. Even Karthi's attempt to recreate an image of yesteryear Prabhu during the flashback does not have the suggested impact.
With an almost 3-hour runtime, sitting through All-in-All is painful - A plain, stupid story coupled with a snail-paced screenplay where editing and cinematography seem to be of no help. S.S.Thaman fails to impress with his album, with songs acting as blocks of time-murder in an already slow world. One honestly does wonder whether the film was handled by the same man whose previous outings were so enjoyable.
Well, All-in-All is for those who are really, really devoid of a form to kill time.
Aditya Baskaran
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