RRR - The Best Movie You've Never Seen 

British: “This film is making our past look violent and evil” Germans: “First time?”

Never in a thousand years would i have imagined Critical drinker watching RRR

Tollywood: two men can be really close and good friends Hollywood: NOOOO they need to be gay or your homophobic😭😭😭

You gotta admire a movie where one of the heroes kills a bad guy by throwing a fucking LEOPARD at him. 😁

A proper masculine & bromance story that Hollywood are incapable of making these days. Loved how Bheem represented water and Raju represented fire. The cinematography and soundtrack were top notch too.

That Movie is a hell of a ride. And as a German it was refreshing to see the British being depicted the same way the germans always are depicted in every american or english movie. ;D

My favorite scene in this film was that bonkers riot set-piece with Ram Charan fighting around 1000 extras. Like, *literally* a thousand extras!

One of my favorite scenes in the movie, which nobody has mentioned in any review, is when a random guy (not even a supporting character) trying to flee from the British soldiers with a little girl in his arms. He gets shot, and then the first thing he does is toss the girl to another guy who then runs away, while the first guy falls down and dies. I can't express how refreshing it was to see a portrayal of men signifying their ability to sacrifice their life for a little child. After getting sick and tired of Marvel, Disney, and Star wars movies where the little girl would probably build an iron man suit to escape that situation because 'we don't need no man', that scene really stuck with me.

I watched this one with my 13 year old Grandson. We had an absolute blast. We started the movie by accident when we clicked the wrong title on Netflix... And were hooked. It's awesome, my inebriated reviewer!!

Indian movies, as over-the-top as they can be, are full of hidden gems like this one. They have more heart in them than almost anything Hollywood has produced for the past five years

I think the friendship between Bheem and the young English woman was inserted to point out that although the British are painted as cruel, there were kind Brits and the Indian population responded to their kindness favorably and without spite or a desire for revenge.

My friend's grandma is in her mid 80's and this is the first Bollywood movie she's ever seen. She's been watching nothing but Bollywood movies on Netflix for the past month, she's obsessed with them now.

Doesn't matter the culture; a good story is always going to be a good story. Too bad Hollywood has forgotten this.

I like how the dance battle scene had more weight, personality and fun than what most of marvel phase 4 gave us.

I feel like audiences in India still see filmmaking as it was during it’s Golden Age, or more specifically treat it like a grand opera or theater play. The action, grand set pieces, musical numbers, and overall large scale of the film that mixes so many genres reminds me a lot of the movies that would be shown on 70mm panorama like Ben Hur, Sound Of Music, Singin’ in the rain, or West Side Story. RRR also happens to tell a story about brotherhood, friendship, love, and what it means to have all of that and protect it while also showcasing the love that the filmmakers have for their country, culture, religion, and history. Hell the film even ends with a grand music number that replaces the main ending credits that has the director, writer, and main stars dance behind a giant set with backup dancers and some of India’s biggest historic figures looming above. Which again goes back to the idea of this basically being an opera on screen with the last set piece serving as a final bow to us, the audience.

My Brother has been hanging out with a bunch of indian students in college, one day he came to me and said "I got a movie you're gonna love." It was Pushpa part 1, holy shit was a great time. It's not as crazy as RRR but it's up there. I would recommend it if you liked RRR. My brother showed me RRR right after Pushpa, spent the whole day watching those two movies. Can't wait for Pushpa Part 2

"Quality stories really are universal," Couldn't agree more. "They can transcend time, cultural and even language barriers". Thanks

What I found really surprising was the contrast between the absurd, over the top action scenes and carefully developed story. At least three times I was asking myself "Hey, why is he doing that?" only to find out some minutes later that it was an essential preparation and part of a greater plan. You know, stuff that Hollywood doesn't bother with in any of the action movies for the past decade.

Just watched it today and it's damn awesome. Unforgivable how Netflix barely advertises it, maybe they wouldn't be in this crisis if they had more movies like RRR and Bahubali

As a gay man it frustrates me to no end that Hollywood won’t let men just BE FRIENDS! I loved this movie.

"It’s born from a very different culture with a different way of expressing itself and your enjoyment is going to depend on how open minded you’re willing to be with international cinema." Fuckin spot on, sir.

After I saw this in the theater, everyone erupted in cheers. We couldn't help it.

I watched two minutes of this review, paused the video, went and saw the movie and now I'm glad to be back

Raju is the perfect example of how to achieve successfully what the writers of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series wanted with Reva. His character works, because they show us his soft side when out of uniform, his motivations are well laid out and are greater than just personal vengeance. And crucially, even though he’s ruthless, he never actually kills a fellow Indian - this shows a strong moral code in place, which makes his redemption possible - and that is where Reva failed miserably.

This movie was so much fun that it did something truly amazing: It caused me to SUSPEND my DISBELIEF to such an extent that when he catches a full-size motorcycle in mid-air, holds it for a moment, then uses it as a hand-held WEAPON, my brain was 100% cool with that.

Imagine a country being proud of its culture and happy to celebrate it.

The best thing about this film, although every moment is a best thing as it's brilliant, is that the end song and dance number felt earned for the characters as a way of expressing their victory and joy. Yet Wakanda Forever was shorter and far less enjoyable.

I love how the ladies are respected and shown to be heroic in their own ways without grabbing guns and having unrealistic action scenes. They just do the right thing, at great personal risk, and their actions help the protagonists get the job done. They are feminine and lovely, but are never treated poorly by the protagonists and they don’t talk down to the men.

My mom is extremely reserved when it comes to language, pretty much never cursing. But when we got to the finale, where Rama started firing his flaming arrows, she just said, “These guys are BADASS!” I was so shocked, but in the best of ways. 🤣

"...CGI that I can charitably describe as somewhat lacking in realism" Still LEAGUES better than current MCU

The only problem with RRR was that it was ONLY 3 hours long. I wanted more.

This movie simultaneously packs the narrative format of a musical and the cinematic choreography of a goddamn Yakuza game. Amazing.

My dad had seen this movie on Netflix after hearing positive things about it. Then he told me about it and said that I would like it. I wasn’t all that interested in watching it but I went ahead and watched it with him anyway and holy crap did I love this film. This is the first Indian movie I have seen and I really enjoyed it. The action, the music, the emotion were all great and I’m glad my dad showed it to me. I probably would’ve never given it a chance if it weren’t for him.

I was told that the movie turned real life historical figures into action heroes. Not something easy to pull off.

I was so impressed with just how much bloody fun this movie is. Also best dance number ever!

After watch RRR we played our kids the Naacho Naacho song. My two year old is now obsessed with it and makes us listen to it over and over again.

The police station scene where he tries to arrest a man in the middle of a mob was such an amazing scene to introduce a character.

Man, that scene where our two heroes are reunited in the prison compound and Bheem carries Raju on his shoulders, and then they proceed to absolutely annililate everyone in their path . . . that was the most fun and bad*ss scene I've seen in a long time.

If you just imagine RRR being a Disney/Marvel movie, the ridiculous action scenes and sudden shift to singing actually feel pretty normal.

This movie is monumental, honestly astounding amazing and breathtaking!!! As an American I’ve never been able to watch a movie in another language and never feel like there is a barrier it was almost universal and a very straight forward message !!! I’m proud of this movie as an American ?! I love it !!

I've been telling everyone about this movie. It's outstanding. It's ridiculous, fun, and warm. 3 hour movie and I was never bored or annoyed.

8 months in..and this movie is picking up steam, getting re-runs in theatres and picking up a universal audience that makes me as elated as this movie did..

at this point I feel any movie that has a plot, character development and the willingness to be original is a rare gem to be treasured.

Just watched the show, absolutely loved it. And I think that the community must petition for Ram and Bheem to both receive "bro of the year" awards. Dudes going above and beyond to wing for their respective bros... Mad Respect.

A lot of Hollywood movies have one or two OMG moments. This movie has hundreds. Mental and amazing.

I watched this movie with my best friend while we were both high as kites and we were screaming our heads off at every twist and turn

This is the very first Tollywood movie I’ve watched. THESE CHARACTERS ARE OP

This movie is amazing! I wondered how all that was interpreted with that hand gesture too !

For the western cultural point of view closest and deepest form relationship means 'must have sexual involvement', in fact what I understood is that the word 'relationship' literally means 'sexual relationship' for the west most of the time, plus their gender fluidity problems also comes into play, that's the whole other issue. But when you see representation of such close and intimate relationship between two males in Indian cinema, then that is very much real life representation, and without compulsory sexual relationship between them. And this is applicable to all the relationships.

As someone who's never really seen a bolly or tollywood movies... this movie blew me away. I've watched it multiple times now. The music. The dancing their chemistry. Its just an amazing film.

Story celebrates masculinity...the popular dance song glorify the raw power ..in dance and in lyrics. it was nice to see elements and ideas that are totally gone from today's story telling.

Took me 90 seconds into your review to convince me and watch the movie I regret nothing! I absolutely loved it!

2:46 Actually this scene explains the plot of movie. Ram's mission is to fight for his country, hence he is holding the flag,while Bheem's mission is to find Mali, hence he is holding the kid. Next they exchange the flag and the kid, which shows How Ram is gonna help finding Mali, the kid, while Bheem is gonna fight against the British for the country hence holding the flag.

Gotta admit, "Triple R" is a whole lot more catchy than just "RRR"

I took a road trip to visit my little brother a couple weeks ago and we ended up watching RRR. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TIME! We laughed and smiled and enjoyed all 3 hours including the dance numbers 👌🏽 It was so nice to see a movie that didn't take itself too seriously and really dish out some bad ass action, drama, and laughs.

The portrayal of the British rule in India was actually a lot tamer than in real life because in real life it was a lot more brutal and no amount of Western chauvinism will erase that fact hundreds of millions of people were murdered

Grown men crying in song over being torn over their friendship. No other show has broke something in my heart in this way!

Thanks for the recommendation. Was telling my girlfriend that I wanna watch a 3h Bollywood movie with her. She was not amused. After the first hour she was cheering, laughing and shouting. We both had an amazing time. Also: Killer soundtrack

I'm halfway through this movie and i'm actually amazed how good it is. Never in a million years would i have thought to actually enjoy a bollywood movie this much. 10/10

I regret missing this movie when it was still in cinemas, epic doesn't even begin to describe this movie.

Way better logics and physics than fast or furious movies.

This movie is basically a live action shonen anime done right, everything from the over the top action to the rival who is also a buddy. Ridiculous but fun to watch so you don't care.

This movie is what Wakanda Forever should’ve been.

From the very beginning of the movie I was impressed with the incredible camera work, which is something that often goes under appreciated

As an Indian. Guys are every expressive with another, there is still a strong sense of brotherhood and they are very close in the physical and metaphoric sense

Traditional heroic narrative. Nothing "subversive", no identity-politics. Bring that stuff back to the west please

Not to mention it's visually stunning.

I stumbled across this movie on Netflix and was like Holy carp! This is awesome! Since then I've been watching lots of english dubbed or subtitled hindi movies. The non wokism in these Indian movies is so refreshing. 😎👍 Another one to watch is baahubali (sp) 1 and 2. Part three is coming out soon. 😎👍

The sheer amount of effort put into every single action scene blows most recent movies out of the water. They made even the most ridiculous stunts look the most realistic they could possibly be. We need sequels fast

I’m so glad more people are willing to give films from outside of Hollywood like Parasite and RRR a chance now. There are SO many good movies that at many times do it a lot better than Hollywood, especially nowadays.

In my personal opinion people don't seem to appreciate how good the soundtrack was, even this video failed to mention it. When you watch RRR next time, notice how the background track is the entire anchor of your experience with the scenes and their themes, in this movie.

Great review, and respect for being able to see beyond Western norms when doing so. It can be challenging to see media through the perspective of other cultural lenses, and it would have been easy to clown on some of its unfamiliar or outlandish aspects (and most of your audience wouldn't have been mad at you for it). Would be cool to see more of this kind of stuff on your channel. There's gotta be more out there.

This is the metaphysically-impossible amalgamation of everything that’s best about Japanese animation and Hollywood cinema. It has all of the strengths of both, with none of the weaknesses of the other. Incredible.

"A Good Story is a Good Story to everyone" - S. S. Rajamouli. quoted from Russo Brothers - Netflix interview.

After driving 2,000 miles to see my daughter and her husband, they both had us watch this together the night before we drove another 2,000 miles home. What can I say, my daughter understands the kind of movies that I would enjoy. Even my wife enjoyed it. In the top 5 movies of 2022

This was one of the best movies I saw in a long time! It requires a lot of suspension of disbelief, but once you give it , the movie takes you in one of the best rides ever! Do a favor to yourself and watch this!

Here we see Critical Drinker, a man often accused by internet trolls of being straight anti-diversity, giving a lecture on the importance of cultural relativism in content appreciation. I raise my glass to you, sir!

As an Indian I’m so happy to see this. It’s so good to see the world getting to know about Indian cinema

This movie was pure entertainment all the way through. It kept and held my attention for the entire 3 hour runtime and I was smiling through so much of it.

Just watched it yesterday. I think the empire strikes back was the last time I clapped at the end of a movie.

I manage a bar in a theater in the US and went and saw it when it came out on a whim. It was so loud people in other theaters were complaining about the volume. Hands down the best theater experience I've had in YEARS. Reminded me of the classic 80's action movies where the bad guys are bad guys because they're bad guys and the solution is to punch/shoot/stab them to death in elaborate set pieces. The musical interludes also were fucking awesome, and I'm not a musical guy. All the Indian people who drove from MILES away to see it were amped that I was enjoying it as much as I was. RRR is my 2022 film of the year.

I think what sets something like this apart most of all from western cinema is how genuine it is. No irony, no tongue-in-cheek references, no cynicism. Genuine friendship, genuine drama, genuine feeling. It is what is appealing about Anime, essentially.

I just want to thank the Drinker for this one. I would have never given this a chance with out him. Me and my wife popped this in and watched it over two nights. We down some whiskey the second night and we're shouting at the TV in jubilation. We loved it and like drinker I'm still buzzing from this a day later

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen

This movie was the single greatest movie theater experience of my life!

This movie was completely stellar. Even just the action scenes alone were so incredibly over the top and delight to watch. Now I have Naach Naacho stuck in my head again...

Perfect cinema....long forgotten action in Holywood..... Kudos to this movie...It should definitely get Oscars for songs and dance

If a robber maimed, pillaged, looted, raped, starved, genocided your home and the robber had a stubbed toe, you can't expect nuances in the film about the robbery

As an Indian who has only seen you as the only true movie critic, I'm really happy to see you review RRR. You've made a lot of Indians happy by reviewing this spectacle and letting others know about it too.

A quick note in defense of the English actors; in non-english speaking films the director will often have English actors speak slow enough for the local audience to understand the language as English, as opposed to English sounding gibberish. They will also direct them to give either wooden or over exaggerated performances to not confuse cultural mannerisms that may portray different meanings or emotions to the locals. It also serves to highlight the differences between local characters and foreign characters on a basic empathetic level with the viewers.

I had seen the bridge rescue scene. Then and there I decided this wasn't for me, but your review made me reconsider it. And so I watched this movie and holy hell it effing fantastic. Imagine an unholy fusion between Titanic and Fast and the Furious. Combining the sympathy, sincerity (and length) of one with the themes of friend/family and over the top action with the other, this shit should not work, but it does. And it is bloody brilliant. 13/10

Don’t know what I was expecting when I clicked the play button,& still can’t fully explain I fricking loved it! Even the mad dance off scene 1/2 way through!

I watched the movie over the summer with the parents, and it was one of the greatest films I saw honestly. It was hilarious, heartbreaking, and heart warming.

Indian cinema has been killing it. It's not everyone's cuo of tea, but darnit 5 min into most films and it's full of more passion than a whole USA trilogy Edit: I've been watching Indian cinema for the past 20 years. Seen stuff from the 80s to present. The way they make their movies and the emphasis on emotion resonates with me. I find it refreshing amidst a lot of monotone, post 2010 USA cinema

I put this on an hour before bed tonight. Well it's 2:30 am and I did not expect to get completely wrapped up in the drama lol What a nice break from Hollywood movies. No narrative, no agenda, a story based on values.

One of the best thing of this movie was the friendship of bheem and raju truly shows how two men can be really good friends they don't have to be gay like they show in Hollywood nowadays

My friend and I randomly started watching this as a joke, and before long we were talking to each other about how fucking awesome, vibrant and colorful it is and how we found ourselves absorbed in the movie in a way no Western film has done for us in years and years.

For the record, male friendship and bonding is different in India. I was there and it is completely normal for men to walk in the street *very* physically close.

My best friend from high school just had me watch this with him (we're both 40 now). It was amazing. This movie rules. I haven't seen a movie this gratifying since Tarsem Singh's "The Fall".

I’m used to watching these kind of over the top action scenes but damn it exceeded my expectations, Imagine using a motorcycle as a melee weapon, throwing tigers like toys, getting tortured but jumping around half an hour after being treated. Turn your brain off for this one.