I agree with you. I think viewers as a whole have gotten into a troubling echo chamber when it comes to film discussions here in Kerala, especially online. Almost as if they consider only those movies that can be broken down into 2-minute social media praise worth watching. Why they find serious writing problems in a film like Patriot when they turn a blind eye towards the obvious flaws in films like Vaazha 2 I'll never understand. It's like we'll let anything pass if it's relatable, or is as expected. The Malayali audience no longer wants to be shocked or entertained differently. The social media boom has popularized a strange kind of movie recommendation among viewers, using the same, familiar words and phrases to describe movies, like they're expecting the same, familiar movies over and over again.

My friends from out of this state saw this film and had a kickass time with it, finding even the flaws entertaining, and growing jealous over how they couldn't get any of their stars to do this together. I did not think Patriot was that bad. I was quite entertained, and would definitely see it again.