The Smile Man
Crime Mystery Thriller Drama Tamil
A police officer who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease must solve one last case before he loses all his memories. He must run against time to catch the notorious serial killer who he believes has a mysterious role in his own personal life.
| Cast: | R. Sarathkumar, Sija Rose, Iniya, Rajkumar, George Mariyan, Suresh Chandra Menon, Kumar Natarajan, Baby Aazhiya, |
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| Director: | Syam Murali M, Praveen Murugan |
| Editor: | San Lokesh |
| Camera: | Sree Saravanan |
All Guild Reviews of "The Smile Man"
Sarathkumar’s Attempt to Emulate Por Thozhil’s Success Fails Again
Had only the writing been efficient to incorporate all the chaos, Smile Man could have been a decent genre film
Sarathkumar tasted great success playing a moody cop in the commercially and critically acclaimed Por Thozhil (2023). Since then he has been trying to emulate its success in vain. Smile Man, his 150th film, is another such attempt, in which the actor yet again plays a brooding CBCID office grappling with Alzheimer’s disease, who is also on a hunt for a serial killer, notoriously known as Smile Man. Like most serial killer films in Tamil, Smile Man also suffers from the usual problems of convenient writing, cliches, and redundant flashbacks. Honestly, the film kicks off on a promising note. The epilogue has Chidhamabaram (Sarathkumar) chasing the serial killer only to get bashed by him after a near-fatal accident. The unknown killer swears to come back if Chidhambaram chooses to show up again as a cop. Meanwhile, we learn that Chidambaram’s partner (Sunil Menon), who is currently missing, has closed the Smile Man case, claiming that the serial killer was shot dead. Yet, in the present day, the murder starts to happen again. Bodies of victims with skin carved out to make a smiling face (the modus operandi of the killer) are found in the city, and Chidhambaram, despite his health condition, joins the force again to finish what he had started years ago.
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