SweetHeart Movie Review
Simple romantic dramas that take place with minimal characters have come off as a sub-genre in Hollywood nicely, but it is something that hasn’t been explored much in Kollywood. Owing to that, Sweetheart is a film that captures a story between the lead pair, a tough situation, and how they turn up and tackle it and change as a person in the process.
Sweetheart is about two individuals Vasu (Rio) and Manu (Gopika Ramesh) who are both in a complicated relationship. Vasu has a tough past where his mother left him with his dad, after the latter turned into an alcoholic. On the other hand, Manu has a supportive family. But on one night, Vasu slyly brings himself into Manu’s bedroom, and what happens from there forms a lot of confusion. Sweetheart has a very small and simple plot which does not have many deviations. The first half of the film is very random with tidbits of adult comedy, funny situations and some actually disconnected scenarios for the sake of comedy. In the second half also, the film wanders around a bit but is saved by the climax stretch which is a big win in terms of the emotions that it brings out of nowhere. There’s also a bit of comedy that works very well in the finale, that helps the film end on a lighter, sweeter note.
Sweetheart could have been a lot more if the emotions surrounding the film had been opened up better in the first half itself, rather than the current scenario where the film keeps trying to make us laugh scene by scene. The comedy is not consistent in the film, and that hacks its flow. On the other hand, the emotional sequences in the second half have worked well.
Rio is efficient in the emotional scenes, while his comic timing has room for improvement. Gopika Ramesh is a nice find and while she looks too young for the role, she has performed it well. The supporting cast has some nice picks like Renji Panicker, and Thulasi who comes in for just one scene has done a fabulous job.
Yuvan Shankar Raja’s songs don’t bring up too much excitement, but his BGM amps up the proceedings and does a great favor to the film. The film’s treatment is also well done, the cinematography is neat. However, the editing is sloppy and could’ve had a clearer approach.
On the whole, Sweetheart is a passable romantic drama that turns up as a time-pass watch.
Verdict: A simple feel-good entertainer with good emotions flowing at the end!
