Super Deluxe

Thiagarajan Kumararaja's unstable mix of dark comedy, brutal thriller and Douglas Sirkian melodrama is shamelessly excessive but undeniably entertaining.

What was mostly delicate and offbeat tips into something cruder and messier.

Like in entertaining Apatow movies, within madcap and even life-threatening situations, each character learns to work on primary relationships, thanks to forgiving females.

This is an utterly unique film, a brave film.

The performances from the ensemble of actors are top notch. Vijay Sethupathi makes us empathize with his transwoman character of Shilpa with his restraint and sensitivity.

If Super Deluxe is what you get from a filmmaker who was in exile, then you don't mind waiting a few years from now till he comes up with his next eccentric film.