Coffee Bloom Movie Review

What's important is that debut director Manu Warrier delivers what the promos promised and that doesn't happen too often. If you are up for a good relaxed weekend viewing then Coffee Bloom should be your pick.

Warrier sets up an interesting premise, but cripples it with a deathly slow pace. 'Coffee Bloom' has a silly turning point involving a marauding elephant and a gunshot that make way for a farcical, half-baked investigation.

Instead of trying so desperately to weave the landscape into a plot, the director should have made a documentary on the coffee plantations of Coorg. For now, I am off coffee.

Coffee Bloom may not be everyone's cup of coffee. But once in a while, there comes a film which refreshes our mind and soul. Coffee Bloom is one of them.

Most movies climax at the interval and leave the rest of it in a mess. Not COFFEE BLOOM, it moves up gradually, rising to a crescendo as the final scene explodes, or should I say diffuses.

Coffee Bloom is an excellent example of how some filmmakers end up making pretentious, self indulgent unwatchable movies in the name of independent cinema

... if you find nothingness fascinating and are fine with films boasting of unhurried silences and stunning landscapes, you can give this indie film a shot.

Kariappa's journey, from awkward renunciation of the world, to making peace with his present, doesn't really bloom: the actors are hard at work but not to much purpose.

The film has a sense of warmth that ensures the audience would not want to ditch it half-way. However, the pace is a little slow - something associated with the movies that premiere at festivals before hitting theatres.

What could have been an interesting tale of love, remorse and emotional turmoil, ends up being a wishy washy drama between some sketchy characters.

The scripting is well proportioned, allowing for a affect tempered narrative that blossoms out into an interesting and rewarding climactic spiel.