Laabam (2021) User Reviews

Total disaster VJS star power couldn't save this sinking ship

[SivakumarBalachandran · 2/10 · 9 September 2021]

My take on Laabam : Such a let down by director SP Jananathan & team The movie wants to deliver so much in the likes of economy, agricultural crops pricing mafia, depletion of natural resource, labor exploitation etc. But the whole idea goes for a toss when the screenplay is super lousy and marred by disaster editing. Character sketching was very weak. Summing all these negatives it becomes un bearable in so many stages and we get some amateur vibes in terms of execution. In terms of casting wasn't impressed by VJS, I have no idea why would Shruthi Hassan or Sai Dhanshika would even accept roles which have literally zero impact.

Verdict: Total disaster VJS star power couldn't save this sinking ship.

Laabham a 2 sentence to remain

[jojivadakara · 2/10 · 24 October 2021]

Same subject cleashey farming its too bad first ten minites to big bore. Not watching this movie.the cast is very bad i thinking vijay sethupathi this few times our story selecting is so bad our acting is decreasing in this times.

First Half watchable that's all

[sourishravi · 4/10 · 1 November 2021]

The Movie Was Going Good Untill Sruthi Hasan's entry, First Half is Somewhat Ok With Some Little Information, And Second Half, God Please we Such Story Makers Still Exist Overall: Mokka Padam.

Bad

[sarajeni · 1/10 · 13 September 2021]

Do not waste your time watching this movie. This man should not be in this field anymore.

SP Jananathan's Laabam, With Vijay Sethupathi And Shruti Haasan, Is A Disappointing Series Of Lectures Disguised As A Movie

[shefali-59244 · 11 September 2021]

It's really tragic when a director cannot see the release of his own film. As a filmmaker, SP Jananathan was a bit like Pa. Ranjith in the sense that he wanted to use his movies as vehicles to convey his ideals to the public. The difference is that with someone like Ranjith, the text comes first and all the subtext comes later. So, there's a story that we can follow first and whatever Ranjith wants to say remains under the story. There are those who get the subtext, but if they don't, there's still the main story to look forward to - the flow of the story or the screenplay never gets disturbed.

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Typical whatsapp Movie

[contactbala · 1/10 · 14 September 2021]

One more movie based on meme templates. Absolute time waster. Copied climax dialogues from Enjoy enjaami song. Such a mess.

Not worth watching

[ItsmeRajkumar · 1/10 · 13 September 2021]

Almost 100 movies came with this same story line.

Highly disappointed.

what is this?

[DinushaUdayanga · 1/10 · 3 March 2022]

This movie watching in netflix and this film dosent make any sense.why ia m see this movie? Waste of money and time.totaly waste time.so please dont watch this movie.no good plot.

VJS is trying to become another MGR - but failed miserably

[pdsubbu-87647 · 1/10 · 23 August 2022]

The movie is probably ok to watch once, only to find out how a movie fails. Some of the scenes are not logical at plain sight - Jagapathy babu climbing stairs, going to first floor and then using lift to go up to another floor. But in another shot, the whole building has only 2 floors. And during climax the farmers come to reap a paddy field which had just started growing. And not to mention the most crude way they kill Vanangamudi, when a simple bullet shot could have taken care of it. And before the Clara song, a guy with Vibuthi makes a funny intro about clara. Not really sure why these movie makers have to keep insulting the Hindu/Brahmin section always. In all, just another masala film with half baked shots. For those who gave 4 or 5 stars for this movie, I just got to say one thing - Dont give stars just because you love farmers. This is a movie and a movie has to be taken in a right way. There are numerous movies on farmers and their roles in the society and were well taken too. This movie is a big failure.

One of the Worst Movie of VJS!!!!

[barathdananjayan · 1/10 · 15 November 2021]

Highly disappointed watching the movie. Total time waste. Many good story scripts are in tamil cinema VJS should choose scripts based on story line. This movie is totally rubbish.

To All

[dasarathansampath · 9/10 · 21 January 2022]

No comedy, no punch, not commercial & not much emotional.

But the director delivered the message what he want to give.

No role for the heroin. Director should have removed the songs.

I liked the movie.

Strictly for Jananathan fans only

[m-ramanan · 6/10 · 2 November 2021]

RATED 6/10 Language: Tamil Source: Netflix

It was not that much bad as reviews... at the same time it is not OK type also... if you like earlier Jananathan movies like Purambokku, you may find this is OK. It has too many serial type dialogs and trying to put message in each and every scene.... If they put bit more attention to the dialogs, this would have been bit better and watchable... After Bhoomi and other corporate farming movies, this one is so repetitive and melodramatic... Strictly for Jananathan fans only.

A much underrated movie

[priyaunnithan · 8/10 · 30 October 2021]

The maker of the movie has correctly analyzed what is bugging our agrarian sector and provided solution also. Unless a farmer is educated and is well-versed with business management,collective farming is the way to sustain agriculture and diversify the risk involved. It is not practical for a farmer who is a novice in business management to bear all the risks in agriculture and make a sustained living out of it. The concepts and message put forward in this movie are especially relevant in the current times when farmers are undertaking prolonged protests for their rights.

Informative yet must watch as a stepping stone

[PeaceLoveWarHate · 7/10 · 24 October 2021]

The movie outlines the current problem with agricultural exploitation in India. The plot seems draggy because the director seems to document as much as information possible to audience in short period of time. The movie lack commercial factor which is needed for the current digital age, otherwise its a good movie with a good plot.

Forget the making, If you're into understanding socialist economy see this movie

[vibinces · 10/10 · 14 September 2021]

Definitely this is not worth giving 10 star. But the concept spoke on the movie is very unique and because of that one has to see this movie.

A socialist potboiler

[aamilsyed · 8/10 · 28 March 2023]

When I started watching the movie, I did so for Vijay and his charisma. However, the message of socialism and Marxism ideals of the maker of this movie shone through every scene in the movie. The movie lacks in production value and script could be better polished, but as a medium for spreading the message of socialism, it was really good. Only thing is that socialism doesn't come so easy as it did in this movie.. so that might be a little misleading. However, the movie itself didn't disappoint on any front and entertained and educated in good measure. I heartily recommend this movie to all Vijay fans, but even other comrades might watch this movie to enjoy it.

The storyline was amazing but the arc of character does not justified their roles

[tmanoj-20655 · 10 September 2021]

This movie is unique from the other farmer content movies.the subject taken by sir.jananathan is simply outstanding and his thought process is more grounded and realistic.but the way of making and editing was not upto the mark like his previous films.even vjs character also not strong enough to handle the movie.this one was total disastrous by the great jananathan sir.but one thing for sure.we all have got lectured by jananathan sir that what is agriculture and what are the politics have been done around agriculture.