Average Ratings: 2.28/5
Score:50% Positive
Reviews Counted:10
Positive:4
Neutral:2
Negative:4
Ratings: 4/5 Review By: Taran Adarsh Site: Twitter
Bold. Blunt. Thought-provoking. Hard-hitting. Disturbing€¦ You need a strong stomach to absorb this story€¦ Director SudiptoSen packs a solid punch€¦ AdahSharma is terrific€¦ Boxoffice WINNER.
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Ratings: — Review By: Komal Nahta Site: Filminformation
On the whole, The Kerala Story is a sureshot winner as it will shake the audience. Its word of mouth will be tremendous. In other words, collections are bound to pick up. Of course, it may not get the patronage of the Muslim audience, but that cant stop it from turning out to be a box-office super-hit.
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Ratings: 1/5 Review By: Deepa Site: Rediff
By exaggerating everything, tamping down any debate that could have arisen and shooting rapes in disturbing detail, the film ends up doing the opposite of what it intended. Any aware viewer, who might wander into the film, will be repulsed by this unabashed spewing of communal hatred. A filmmaker has the right to pick the story they want to tell but not to twist and distort the way Sen has done in The Kerala Story. Hopefully, films like this and The Kashmir Files will remain exceptions.
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Ratings: 1/5 Review By: Zinia Site: India Today
The Kerala Story is not The Kashmir Files when it comes to execution. However, it does, unfortunately, have the capability to stir communal tension. It could have been better and more responsibly made, for sure.
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Ratings: 1/5 Review By: Shubhra Gupta Site: Indian Express
The film itself is nothing but a poorly-made, poorly-acted rant which is not interested in interrogating the social complexities of Kerala, an India state proud of its multi-religious, multi-ethnic identity. All it is intent upon is creating the most simplistic, paper-thin characters to tell us that Kerala is in danger because its innocent, na¯ve Hindu and Christian girls are being swayed by evil Muslim men, and radicalised to the point of no return.
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Ratings: 3/5 Review By: Navneet Site: News18
Sens screenplay largely concerns itself with how the alleged entrapment of Hindu girls work. For those unaware, the term love jihad was first used by the Catholic Church in Kerala. He blames deracination for their predicament. His analogy seems to suggest that atheists and Hindus, who have no particular interest in their religion, tend to get radicalized faster that those who are practicing believers. The film is two hours long and is more or less engaging throughout.
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Ratings: 2.5/5 Review By: Vinamra Site:Firstpost
The Kerala Story turns too melodramatic and manipulative due to the excessiveness of its background score, which literally highjacks the actors performances to inform us about the intent and turmoil of the characters. Even the glimpses of the real victims and their footages in the end isnt convincing enough to create that uncomfortable stir that was required for a story this horrific. Its always great to have debates around films and whether they are well-made or not, whether they are propaganda or not, but just like great intents, great debates dont make great movies either.
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Ratings: 3/5 Review By: Ronak Site: Times Of India
At certain points, the film feels more like a tutorial of radicalization than entertainment for the audience. It also goes to extremes to make its point, and that could be quite unsettling for audiences belonging to various communities in our country. After watching The Kerala Story, you may be left with several questions about the current state of the country. This thought-provoking film is disturbing and surely manages to leave an impact.
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Ratings: 3.5/5 Review By: Amandeep Site: ABP News
The Kerala Story’ follows a documentary feature format and thus a lot of back and forth movement between the past and present, and between landscapes.’The Kerala Story’, in that regard, is very-well cut. The parallel storylines of past and present is pretty well-balanced with the makers sometimes extending scenes and sequences of brutal violence, rape and exploitation to hit home the agony of the women affected by it. The screenplay of ‘The Kerala Story’ is also quite engaging and keeps you hooked until the end of the film.
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Ratings: 1.5/5 Review By: Umesh Site:Koimoi
The Kerala Story is manipulative storytelling at its best, and that isnt good. Be a clever audience and ask questions about the content you are watching. Mark its relevancy and check whether its substantial. If not, run far away from it, and dont let it have any share of your brain.
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