Bottle Radha (U/A)
24/Jan/2025 Comedy, Drama 2hrs 29mins

2.75

An Adequate Drama on Alcohol De-Addiction!

Typical outline where the hero does something throughout the movie and conveys a message against it at the end. Yet a noble content taken decently, the first hour is a safe-bet, essential arc but a crisper later half would have made it a better outing. (more)

Source: Ashwin Ram, MovieCrow

3.00

Guru Somasundaram, Sanchana Natarajan shoulder a message-heavy but pertinent film

But that�s the reason why a movie like Bottle Radha should exist. It reminds people of how easy it is to allow the drink to drink you. Radhamani didn�t start off as an alcoholic. Like many others, he started off as someone who would just have a �cutting�� and that is why it wasn�t Ashokan or Anjalam...(more)

Source: Avinash , Indian Express

2.75

Guru Somasundaram powers a scathing drama that goes for heart over intellect

The film is so focused on taking us through the highs and lows of Radha�s alcoholism that it forgets to make him whole. This is disappointing because in a scene he tells Anjalam about how despite starting his days with a lot of resoluteness to not drink, �something� pulls him back to the bottle. Th...(more)

Source: BHUVANESH CHANDAR, The Hindu

2.50

This message in a bottle drowns in didacticism

Bottle Radha is a sincere effort to dissect the mechanism and destructive force of addiction, built through several impressive elements brought together by the director. However, we don�t connect with Radha Mani as much as we pity or empathise with him. His slow and arduous climb out of depression a...(more)

Source: prashanth Vallavan, CinemaExpress.com