Porinju Mariam Jose | Review

The chemistry between the three leads is widely considered the film’s strongest asset.

Porinju Mariam Jose Release Year: 2018 Language: Malayalam Genre: Drama porinju mariam jose review

It is rare for a film to wear its influences so openly on its sleeve and still manage to be a thoroughly entertaining ride. Porinju Mariam Jose (PMJ), directed by Jose Thomas, is exactly that kind of cinematic anomaly. It is a film that doesn't pretend to be high art; instead, it embraces the tropes of the 80s and 90s Malayalam action cinema—complete with machetes, monologues, and melodrama—and packages them into a sleek, modern thriller. The chemistry between the three leads is widely