Johny Johny Yes Appa (Johny Johny Yes Dad) is two films sewn together so that it can call itself multi-genred: a comedy drama. Kunchacko Boban, in his sixth feature film appearance this year, is an anti-hero who uses his mischief and stealth to rob houses at night and assume the title of an idealistic at dawn. While I thoroughly enjoyed the drama - with a small potential suspense coming my way - thanks to Boban, Vijayaraghavan, Sharaf U Dheen, Kalabhavan Shajon, and Tini Tom performing their acts pretty decently, what comes after the petty family drama is what shifts the focus in Johny Johny Yes Appa from a family comedy to romance (it has Anu Sithara playing a puppet girlfriend, by the way) into a dark drama that does not sit well together. It is like the film develops half a dozen characters in the first act, then goes and develops another half in the second act, and then finally tries to mix them up. Doing so not only disturbs the characterization but also takes out the fun from the proceedings, which is exactly what happens in the climax. Save for a few jokes (dubbing fillers) by Dheen and Boban and some relatable sequences about family life, there is nothing much to see in G Marthandan's Johny Johny Yes Appa. Watch it, if you are a fan of family comedies turning into gimmicky emotional dramas, when it premieres on TV and if movies on other channels are worse than this. TN.
