Grilled

Bangalore is getting hotter for sure. Owing to the scorching heat, I prefer to stay indoor these days on weekends. On one such lazy Saturday afternoon, browsing through the TV channels, i came across a movie which caught my attention, right from it's title. 'GRILLED', a pretty unusual name for a movie, the presence of Ray Romano & Kevin James adding to my interest.

The movie revolves around Maurice (Ray Romano) and Dave (Kevin James) , two door-to-door meat salesmen who need to make at least one sale by end of the day to avoid getting fired. Things take quite a turn, nothing as planned, as they meet Loridonna (Sofia Vergara) in her house, who seems to be attracted to Maurice, for some reason. An emergency call from Maurice's friend leads them ending up meddling in a mob feud at a murder scene. Taken by the mobsters, they end up making the deal of their life, with another mob-lord and the movie ends on a pleasant note.

The film may not be a laugh riot or an insane comedy like most of the Priyadarshan movies. But it certainly has its moments. The scenes where the protagonists find potential customers to sell their meat, in the the mobsters & the Mafia-lord, all while still being in a life-threatening situation, surely deserves credit for the smooth narration & story flow. I could somehow relate them to the business managers of the IT world, on the funny side. Another sequence worth mentioning is the scene in which the Mafia-lord gifts his son with a hooker, oops sorry, 'Pretty Woman', to celebrate the occasion of him turning into a man from boyhood. It might not captivate the fancy of everyone, but sure did mine :).

Performance wise , Ray is awesome as always; it's a treat to watch him with a constipated look on his face, when Sofia tries to seduce him. I really miss the 'Raymond' days. Kevin James is also really good & looks best for the role of a meat-seller. Juliette Lewis as a not-so-sane mafia princess did justice to her role. Sofia looks amazing in the role of a "woman" (she plays a guy having undergone a sex-change surgery) & her scenes with Ray are truly funny.

You can catch this movie if you are a movie-buff like me and if you are not looking for any brain-bursting comedy. But surely you won't regret the 80 minutes spent in your couch watching this. Or else, you can wait for Mr.Priyadarshan to remake it with the typical masala and watch then. Cheers.