Teenz Review

In all, Teenz seems to be an amateurish effort that disappoints.

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Film: Teenz
Cast: Parthiban, Yogi Babu
Director: R Parthiban
Music – D. Imman
Cinematographer – Gavemic Ary
Creative Producer – Keerthana Parthiepan Akkineni
Editor – R Sudarshan
Costume Designer – Navaa Rajkumar
Rating: 2 stars

The story…
A group of 13 school children (eight boys and five girls) are tired of their parents and other elders treating them like kids. They are intent on proving that they have grown up and are adults now to those around them. To make this point, they choose to undertake a trip all by themselves to the residence of one of the girl’s grandmoms. The decision is made after the girl says that her grandmom’s village has a place that is believed to be haunted. As the kids slip from school and make their way to the granny’s house, one by one, five of them go missing. What happens then is what the film is all about…

Teenz is distinctly different from anything that director Parthiban has made before. While the first half gives you the impression of being a horror thriller, the second half makes it clear that it has nothing to do with the supernatural and everything to do with science. Yes, the second half is full of science fiction.

First Thoughts…

The film shows how kids today are. By and large, most characters showcased are annoying. The characters of two kids alone win your heart. They are a character called Sara and another called Ayyankali. Sara comes across as a considerate kind kid while Ayyankali comes across as a forgiving, altruist.

All the kids seem very comfortable in portraying their characters on screen and seem to do a decent job of playing their parts.

Parthiban himself appears in the second half as an Astrophysicist but he fails to make an impression. Yogi Babu too makes a brief appearance but has no significant role to play in the plot or the film. One wonders why his character was created in the first place.

Some of the sequences in the film are likely to raise eyebrows such as a scene where some of the school kids are shown consuming toddy.

The film’s plot is far from being realistic and therefore, makes you lose interest in it. As a result, the proceedings come across as being boring and artificial.

Imman’s music is one of the strengths of the film. If not for the music, the film could have come across as being taxing and draining.

In all, Teenz seems to be an amateurish effort that disappoints.