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The same issue like previous Vijay movies since Mersal, promises so much, only to flatter to deceive

And it's usual Thalapathy show all the way, he tried as hard as he can to save the day, by donning the Ilayathalapathy character as well, but the script offered him only so much, after a point, it's exhausting.

Rest of the cast have got absolutely nothing character or story wise, but the most laughable character is Meenakshi's, even GK character was better than this.

Technically, it doesn't feel we are watching a big budget movie, shaky cinematography, movie needs serious trimming of 20-25 minutes, action was fine in bits and pieces, Yuvan's work is outright disaster, neither the songs worked nor BGM, horrible. De-ageing looked decent, but the VFX and production values are average.

Coming to Venkat Prabhu, on paper, this looks a good idea, 1st half was decently engaging, but second half was below par. Few meta references, cameos worked, but this needed MANKATHA Level direction.

Bottomline: Watch it if you wanna see the sinister side of Vijay.

Snapchat and insta filters was used in the first scene and most of the vfx work. VFX cringe was at peak. It was a ok movie not at all a greatest of all time. Nowadays high Background music and slow-mo walk became mass scene for the audience.

Snapchat and insta filters was used in the first scene and most of the vfx work. VFX cringe was at peak. It was a ok movie not at all a greatest of all time. Nowadays high Background music and slow-mo walk became mass scene for the audience.

Snapchat and insta filters was used in the first scene and most of the vfx work. VFX cringe was at peak. It was a ok movie not at all a greatest of all time. Nowadays high Background music and slow-mo walk became mass scene for the audience.

The Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) is filled with so many surprises, thanks to Venkat Prabhu's amazing screenplay that never leaves you bored. Thalapathy Vijay's remarkable performance and his screen presence stands out. His swagger and comic timings make us captivated. The execution of the film's action sequences is excellent. This film's final 40-minute climax is among the best I've seen. There are lot of twists and turns particularly in the second half of the movie. This film is a complete package commercial entertainer and it is repeat worthy. Everyone should see the movie at the cinemas to enjoy the theatrical experience.

The movie feels like it was made primarily for the fans, with little attention given to crafting a compelling storyline. Unfortunately, the plot is quite weak, failing to engage the audience effectively. The background music (BGM) doesn't add much value and lacks the impact that could have elevated key moments.

Visually, the movie also falls short, with subpar makeup and VFX that don't meet expectations, leaving certain scenes underwhelming. There are some cameo appearances, but they do little to lift the overall experience.

In conclusion, the movie is an average offering that serves as a one-time watch. It's clear that fans might appreciate it more, but for the general audience, it doesn't deliver anything exceptional.

Casts were well utilised but there is a slight drag in screenplay. Twists were working out only at that moment but failed to take the moment to momentum.

Villain role is not suited for Mohan. Though he is not a main villain but the entire story revolves around his revenge and so could have had a better villain who make impact with eyes & dialogues. De-aging worked out very well and its treat to watch "Ilaya" thalapathy.

Story like this require nail biting screen play for the audience to sit at the corner of their seats with interesting twists which gives turns in the story. Seems like director worked towards it but lost to the stardom.

Thalapathy is fantastic treat to watch in the screen.

Mix of all Tamil movies. Worthy scenes but it doesn't rhyme with the story. Too many loopholes

Movie starts with a bang. However the cascading scenes make us tired and creates a fatigue to watch further. Unnecessary casting. If you remove all the songs in the movie too, you can watch it without missing the story. Movie is running only for fanbase.

Violence scenes are to gore and horrific, even it is shown for few seconds on screen. I don't whose idea is to child violence in the movies. Pathetic.

The protagonist travels from one place to other but we don't understand purpose/logic behind the travels or for the useless missions.

RATED 7/10 Language: Tamil Source: Nil Media Partner: Netflix The movie starts with great bang, Vijayakanth AI recreation was ultimate. It helped very much. The movie has good exciting moment in the first few scenes and last few scenes. In-between it become so predictable and filled with some cringe surprises.

The De-Aging (especially around Lip area) killed lot of mass moments. Just because of De-aging, the mass moments are miserably failed to young Vijay but Old Vijay is ultimate to watch. Guna movie reference is top notch Cringe, just because of this De-Aging.

The excitement ends when the intro song over and it started again when climax Matta song starts. The first half is so predictable. The second half looks lengthy, but managed with cameo and surprises.

Mohan is big miscast, another miscast is Yuvan. We missed Aniruth in lot of places. There were more claps/excitement from audience for old BGM than the current movie BGM.

One time watchable because of Vijay.

This one is vijay thalapathy's one of the bad movie in last 8-10 years, i do watch each of thalapathy's movie, even in this movie he played his role so perfectly so can not give blame to him, but the writer & Director prabhu you should bare the blame, showing abroad countries, adding useless item songs, showing big actions in trailer won't work nowadays or never would be, simply there is nothing new, special or experimental, the young face of thalapathy animation was even worst we saw it better in one of surya's old movie, sorry but this was the worst of all time movie.

Please do better research, get a good story like some science fiction, new experiment, etc.

But don't let our hard earned waste like this...

Good..entertaining..

Fasten your seat belt....during action scene..Excellent Massala Movie...drama,action,vomedy.l,family oriented all in.

Rating..Overall -7.9

Story- 7 (above average) Script- 7.5 Acting- 7.8 (on main actor Vijay) Others actor acting-Good 7.0 Action Scene- 8.5 Screenplay- 8 Direction Director- 8.3 Special Effect/AI-7.9 Continuity-8.0 Music Score-7.9 Best Supporting actor-Ajmal. Premgi Amaran,Prasanth

Final Note:Go and see it. Will engage your heart and seat.

Possible Blockbuster -YES...sure!!!

Crore expect - mare 600 crore (india-all languages) Global Crore collection-to reach 900 to1000 crore.

PS: I am biased to MSD, CSK, VP.

It's very difficult to cook an agent movie with a star hero in the South. Vivegam came close but it failed to appeal to all the sections (I like Vivegam btw). We dont even want to talk about Spyder.

So, VP and AGS smartly cooked it safe, made it appealing for everybody, promoted the movie saying the same thing, did not give it much hype, added cameos, did fan service, maintained the graph throughout so that everybody comes out with a satisfactory feeling.

Did the movie has flaws? Of course, yes. But, it doesn't matter as long as you want to just have some time pass fun and leave the theatre.

I wouldn't watch it for a second time barring few good scenes here and there. But, for a onetime watch time I would recommend.

Glad for VP as he didn't lose his touch yet unlike his contemporaries. He is still in form.

M. S. Gandhi (Vijay) is an SATS officer along with his buddies/colleagues Sunil (Prashanth), Kalyan (Prabhudeva), Ajay (Ajmal Ameer) and their boss is Naseer (Jayaram). They almost capture the dreaded criminal Rajiv Menon (Mohan) who once was their boss, now turned terrorist but the mission is still successful in retrieving the Uranium. Rajiv is presumed train in the aftermath of the mission. The work obviously affects the personal life of Gandhi and a mission in Thailand leads to an attack on his family, resulting in a personal loss which impacts his marital life. Years later, Gandhi is no longer a field agent and the demons from his past catch upto him. With his loved ones life at stake, how does Gandhi resolve the threat, forms rest of the story.

Watching a 4am fans show for a Vijay film is an unique experience which I have enjoyed in the past too. Thankfully, Venkat Prabhu has given a better Vijay film compared to his recent outings and this is not to say, Venkat Prabhu has given a perfect outing. The screenplay had to compromised big time to turn it into a star vehicle for Vijay and the first half has hardly any twists. It succeeds in fan service which in turn helps the first half sail through without much complaints.

It is the second half which has all the gimmicks and sadly the proceedings gets way too predictable, relying heavily on the gimmicks to save the film. Now there is a positive to this as well considering the gimmicks give the best moments. There are couple classic Venkat Prabhu twists which is executed well and a couple of more predictable twists. The music is a big letdown and the songs only act as a speedbreaker for an already long film. This is Vijay's finest performance as he aces in both the roles of father and son. The writing suffers from focusing majorly on Vijay's characters which leaves several supporting cast to be underwritten which impacts the film in crucial moments. The climax is prolonged but the cameos give out the high as intended, making this into a decent watch. I am going with a lenient rating because it did entertain me well in parts and the very fact that, given the last few films of Vijay, this stands tall. This definitely is among the 5 better Vijay films to come out since 2010. If only the runtime was kept in check and better music, GOAT truly could have been the best of Vijay, whereas performance wise it definitely is.

Venkat Prabhu's movies have either been a big hit or a big miss. So when vijay joined hands with VP in his pen ultimate movie before his political entry,it was either going to be in the top leagues like mankatha or in the bare bottom like mass.

Just like every vijay movies nowadays, the hype was surreal.

The movie begins with the squad going on a mission somewhere in Kenya. After the usual opening fight sequences what follows is a tiring family moments (made for the family audiences)which could have been made better.

The first half faces a lag with predictable screenplay but the peak point of the movie is the final 40 minutes or so ,where it keeps your adrenaline pumping throughout with delightful cameos and twists .. The big letdown though is yuvan's bgms and songs. Especially the spark song. It's so unnecessary that it interrupts the flow of the movie.

Vijay does his best portraying the duo of father and son. The supporting cast like every other vijay film has little to do.

Overall the movie is a fun watch especially the second half.

Actually I saw this movie in PVR IMAX! I don't know why this film getting negative reviews. It's a complete masterpiece! The only negative is the placement of SPARK song, but it doesn't affect the film. That's why I'm giving 10/10. It's a 💯 venkat prabhu hero. I'm waiting for venkat prabhu villain. But I don't know whether it is possible or not. Anyways, I'm happy of seeing this Kollywood G. O. A. T! Everyone asking another Mankatha, but mankatha is different genre and G. O. A. T is different genre. So kindly understand this and watch the movie. I'm going to watch this movie again! Sorry, MASTERPIECE.

Greatest of all time is 2nd last Vijay's film before he retires I still don't know why one of the biggest stars of South Indian Cinema is making this kind of poor decision and for what?? Politics. Lol Anyway this film delivers what it promised a thrill ride of action adventure with celebrating its lead actor in a dual role what else do you need.. It's a no brainer that many of things in film are cliches and are done for many times in past but still this movie was fun although it didn't match up to levels of Vijay's last Film LEO.. Action scenes were good, fight scenes were good and nicely choreographed, at least some of them.. Story was typical secret agent story mixed with family drama like we've seen hundred times before.. BGM was okay not very good, runtime could've been at least 20 minutes shorter.. This film is made for fans of Thalapathy who don't care about anything else other than seeing him.. I've only seen his 3 more films Master, Beast and Leo and this one was weakest of all of them.. Vfx were also just okay. De aging effects on younger Vijay looks fake in some scenes but he delivered a decent performence in both roles.. Rest of cast also acted well even though I don't recognize any of them since I don't watch South Indian movies too much.. Overall it is an decent film meant only for die hard fans of Vijay but rest of audience will also enjoy it.. Will you see it in theatre or skip it for OTT is up to you.. You don't miss anything special.. Post Credit scenes sets up sequel which may never come because Vijay is retiring after making only one more movie and i don't think that he'll do sequel to this film as his last project maybe Leo 2 or something new.. Who knows.

Venkat Prabhu, known for his unique style in Tamil cinema, once had a distinct touch that won over audiences. However, his recent ventures seem to suggest otherwise. The decline in his storytelling, direction, and overall execution is evident, leaving many to wonder if he has lost his golden touch.

When it comes to cinema, hype plays a significant role. Some movies are massively marketed, creating an inflated sense of expectation. However, there are times when films fail to live up to that hype, and Venkat Prabhu's recent movie is an unfortunate example of this. Fans of the director, who once brought innovative films like *Chennai 600028* and *Saroja*, were left disappointed with his recent release, which can easily be described as one of the worst in his career.

First and foremost, the lack of a coherent screenplay was glaring. A movie thrives on its screenplay-it's the backbone of any narrative. Without a compelling and structured storyline, even a star-studded cast can't save a film from falling apart. In Venkat Prabhu's recent outing, the screenplay felt disjointed, with no clear direction. The audience was left wondering where the plot was headed, and that's never a good sign. Several scenes seemed like they were written just to fill in time, lacking any purpose or contribution to the overarching narrative. It became increasingly frustrating to follow a story that seemed to meander without any sense of purpose or focus.

Furthermore, the dialogues lacked the spark that was once synonymous with Venkat Prabhu's films. His earlier films were known for witty lines, cultural references, and a blend of humor with emotional depth. However, this time around, it felt forced. There were moments where the dialogues felt unnatural, and rather than drawing the audience into the story, they only served to alienate them further.

Another critical aspect was the music, which was incredibly disappointing. Music often plays a crucial role in the success of a film, especially in Indian cinema, where songs are a vital part of storytelling. However, the songs in this film were far from memorable. It's almost shocking to see how the music, usually a strength in Venkat Prabhu's films, fell flat here. The tunes were generic and lacked the energy or emotion necessary to resonate with the audience. They felt like mere fillers, thrown in to check a box rather than enhancing the overall narrative. It begs the question: has Venkat Prabhu lost his touch in selecting or directing the music in his films?

Moreover, the performances of the actors couldn't salvage the film either. While the cast had some recognizable faces, they seemed out of place, and it was clear that they were struggling to work with the weak script. The lack of chemistry between the actors was palpable, and it was difficult to connect with any of the characters on screen. This was surprising, especially considering Venkat Prabhu's previous ability to bring out the best in his ensemble casts. The entire movie felt like a missed opportunity.

In a world where audiences are increasingly looking for fresh, well-told stories, the film was outdated. The usual charm, wit, and creativity that once defined Venkat Prabhu's movies were glaringly absent. One might even argue that he is stuck in a time warp, still banking on the elements that worked for him a decade ago, without realizing that the audience's taste has evolved.

All in all, this film stands as one of the worst not just in Venkat Prabhu's career but in recent Tamil cinema. It wasn't worth the hype it garnered, and for those who went in with expectations, the disappointment was evident. It's a film that will likely be forgotten in no time, and one can only hope that Venkat Prabhu takes this as a learning experience and returns to the form that made him a beloved filmmaker in the first place. His latest venture GOAT leaves us wondering: has he truly lost his touch.

Obviously, Vijay's performance as Gandhi was absolutely terrific. Last 40 minutes worked really well that keeps you excited and fun. Moreover, we could applaud VP for few things that taking very normal story and building the screenplay with few interesting twists and keeping you engaged to some extend for 3 hours is definitely not an easy task to do. But, he done that with ease. Matter of fact that de-aging work was amazing and unbelievable though I personaly did not convince the way Vijay perfomed the jeevan character. It looks cringe in few instances especially during the second half. Let's talk about the supporting roles, Prasanth has done a good job, Prabu Deva and Sneha was decent. Mohan and Meenakshi is definitely a miscast. Other people does not have anything to do with a movie. There are few surprises which are interesting. Yuvan songs are big let down and bgm was decent. VFX looks very bad that is not acceptable for a big budget film like GOAT. Few dialogues were ametaure and there is a room for atleast 15min trimming in second half. Finally, VP manages to deliver the engaging and decent entertainer that could have been better. But, it's definitely not even closer to MANKATHA.

It is true that Venkat Prabhu has made a perfect commercial film for Tamil cinema especially squirrels after a long time!. Although the film has a very simple story, the script was spiced up enough for a commercial cinema and it was good to eat!. The squirrels have been asking the directors who are going to make a film with Vijay for a long time, Venkat Prabhu brought out another angle of "Vijay" and handled it "70%" and Vijay established it with his performance, like "Priyamudan" directed by Vincent Selva in 1998, can add success to the film! (The movie "Priyamudan" is known only to real squirrel chicks). Why is it that when an artist creates a work (whether it's purely "art" or "business") we associate the artwork with the epics that artist has created before? Some artists create their new work for a purpose, and the question is, what wins? Does it fit the purpose? In that way, Yuvan Shankar Raja's music was appropriate when watching this commercial movie!. While the de-aging process is perfect at many points, it would have been better if they had worked on the VFX scenes (truthfully there is only so much that can be done for the budget and time given here) except for a few songs and some unnecessary intros. The film is like a road trip for the squirrels who only think of Vijay from top to bottom!

Greatest of all time, GOAT, is a story of an Anti Terrorist Squad agent Gandhi. Story is a big word here as there is none. What we get is a 3 hour long drag fest of well knitted scenes backed by raucous music, flower pot female character and a generous sparkling of supporting characters.

Vijay as Gandhi and Jeevan was excellent and the de-aging technology worked well. Other than these two aspects, GOAT offers nothing else. The story, if any, is as predictable as sunrise. The needless call backs to Vijay's past movies were done to please the masses. They were abrupt .

The story never settles until the second half of Act 2 and suddenly we get a barrage twists, if which, you would've guessed most of them by that time.

Bottom line, this is not GOAT. This turned out to be a sheep.

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