Review of RRR (2022) by Jluis_001 — 26 May 2022

How much should you celebrate the excess when you start to feel the effects of exhaustion even in the heat of the event?

A fair question for this overly long film.

Now, anyone who has seen an Indian film knows what these do, and for thoseHow much should you celebrate the excess when you start to feel the effects of exhaustion even in the heat of the event?

A fair question for this overly long film.

Now, anyone who has seen an Indian film knows what these do, and for those who haven't seen one, if this is your first, go with my blessing and admiration.

Also, as I recently discussed with Top Gun: Maverick. Uncomplicated entertainment can be short-lived, but as long as it serves its purpose and of course has made its profit, the rest is irrelevant.

RRR is something along those lines. It's an epic that indulges itself in all possible excesses.

It's a bold extravaganza. Cheerful, colorful, musical, violent, extravagant, comical, flamboyant, dramatic and a bit hilarious. All focused on making this story a really really big show. And it works to a certain degree, after all, its shortcomings are clearly plot-related, but when you're making a 3-hour film that intersperses dance and singing sequences with such wacky fights, the least important thing is the story and both the filmmakers and the actors know it.

That's why I do recommend and applaud this film for its fearless and ambitious staging. It's a lavish and impressive show there's no doubt about that, it's just that it's not a great film.