Drishyam 3

"Mohanlal delivers a deeply internalised performance in a thoughtful, emotionally layered thriller that values introspection over twists. The result is an engaging, often compelling thriller that benefits enormously from Mohanlal's deeply internalised performance and the emotional history of its characters, even if the film occasionally struggles under the weight of its own mythology."

"Drishyam 3 seems to be that same threequel that is dying a slow death in the shadow of its own brilliance. The first half of the film is very shaky, and the franchise becomes too aware of its own formula, with the audience knowing Georgekutty and his world too well by now."

"That emotional manipulation of morality remains the core strength of the franchise, and perhaps also its only strength in this installment, as the narrative largely relies on predictability and lack of suspense."

"I am not saying that Drishyam 3 is a great movie — it really isn't! But Jeethu hasn't ruined the franchise's reputation this time either, which, in itself, is a big deal at this point. Among the actors, only Mohanlal delivers a performance worth mentioning."

"Drishyam 3 proves that even Georgekutty's genius can't outsmart the exhausting weight of a needlessly stretched franchise. The film struggles in the second half as its overly convoluted twists and manipulative reveals fail to match the intelligence of the previous instalments. Drishyam 3 ends up the weakest film in the franchise, one where the cracks in Georgekutty's brilliant façade become too large to plaster over."