Joji
Joji

Joji

2021Movie113 minMalayalam

Joji, an engineering dropout and the youngest son of a rich family lives with his aspirations of becoming super wealthy. Driven by greed and blind ambition, he decides to execute his plans following an unexpected event in the family.

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IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes74%
Metacritic65/100
Google Users78%
Director: Aziz AnsariGenres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Plot Summary

A man on the verge of a breakup and a career crisis travels the world to understand love, friendship, and his own place in it. Through a series of global encounters and personal reflections, he grapples with modern relationships and his own evolving perspectives.

Critical Reception

Aziz Ansari's film received a mixed-to-positive reception, with praise for its ambition and Patel's performance, but some critics found its narrative meandering and its philosophical explorations occasionally heavy-handed.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its thoughtful exploration of modern relationships and its unique narrative structure.
  • Dev Patel delivers a compelling and nuanced performance.
  • Some found the film's philosophical themes to be overly abstract and the pacing inconsistent.

Google audience: Viewers appreciated the film's introspective nature and Dev Patel's performance, though some wished for a more straightforward plot and clearer resolution.

Fun Fact

The film's script was developed through a series of improvisational workshops with the main cast, allowing for a naturalistic portrayal of the characters' relationships and inner thoughts.

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Sachio Saibara

Sachio Saibara

Joji is chasing the freedom from powerful heads in his own family, He is always focused in comminatory lifestyle. He is always in a quest for disenthrall life. Joji is succeeded in killing the head (father) and the next in line of throne, t...