Jailer
Seen it?2023 | 165 min | Action, Comedy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
It's still drawing plenty of interest, but middling reviews (50% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office held it back. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and action fans.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Epic and sweeping, at 2 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 45 min.
- It's in Tamil, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Muthuvel Pandian, a retired, stern yet compassionate jailer lives a peaceful life with his family, but trouble knocks his door when his cop son’s tryst with an antique mafia gang goes awry and forces Muthu to step back into a dark world he had voluntarily took a break from.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
50% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
6.6 out of 10
- AwardsSolid
10 wins and 27 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$73 million worldwide; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 513K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Nelson
- RajinikanthMuthuvel 'Tiger' Pandian
- VinayakanVarman
- Vasanth RaviArjun Muthuvel Pandian
- Yogi BabuVimal
- Ramya KrishnanVijayalakshmi 'Viji' Pandian
- MirnaaShwetha Arjun
- RithvikRithvik 'Rithu' Arjun
- G. MarimuthuPanneeru
- HarshadDhanraj
- Jaffer SadiqDokinath