Not to forget the fact that the script says the same things about the nature of Oliver and his son’s relationship in different ways, though it works at times in capturing the ever-changing shades of that relationship. Some more work at the editing table would have made it a much better film than it is currently. Where the film falters a little is in trying to say too many things, from mental health to smartphone addiction, which contributes to the runtime of 160 minutes.
The mood is kept light all through, with even the emotional scenes getting that treatment, with Oliver’s friend Suryan (Johny Antony) and younger son Charles (Naslan.K.Gafoor) injecting some dose of humour. ‘#Home’ is a happy film, says director Rojin Thomas Oliver’s wife Kuttiyamma (Manju Pillai) seems to understand the inner workings of his mind, but there is only so much she can do, while getting caught in her own daily struggles in the household. He yearns especially for the approval and care of his elder son Antony (Sreenath Bhasi), a writer-director caught in a rut after his successful debut film. Yet, the gap is more than one of technology. In the present day, Oliver finds an almost unbridgeable gap between him and his sons, who are lost in their smartphones and drowned in social media, a world which is alien to him, as it is for many of his generation. The era of video cassettes passed, and he was left behind, longingly looking at the old cassettes stacked up in his attic.Īlso Read | Get ‘First Day First Show’, our weekly newsletter from the world of cinema, in your inbox. In a short flashback, the script tells us how he once used to run one of the most sought-after video cassette lending libraries in town. #Home, is someone who has gone through that struggle more than once in his life. Oliver Twist (Indrans), the protagonist of Changing with the times is not something which comes naturally to everyone.
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