Overview
Four intertwined tales challenge the characters' beliefs in unexpected ways, blending humor with tension.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- irreverent
- disturbing
- cinephile movie night
- late night viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an ambitious, inventive Tamil cult classic whose interwoven stories combine dark humor with philosophical and social provocation.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film presents four distinct protagonist-centered stories whose strange circumstances and thematic connections form a network.
The couple's attempt to dispose of a dead body and the film's other crises are treated through an unsettling comic register.
One of the four central storylines follows a religious man whose faith in God begins to fracture.
Shilpa's reunion with a child forces the surrounding family to confront estrangement, identity, and parental expectations.
Films like Super Deluxe, and why
Pulp Fiction
shared hyperlink structure, darkly comic crime, tonal volatility, and morally disoriented characters
Burn After Reading
shared surreal black humor, fragmented storytelling, and collision of bizarre narrative threads
The Happiness of the Katakuris
shared nonlinear ensemble construction, provocative social themes, and unsettling comic absurdity
Fargo
shared transgressive humor, crime entanglements, and stylized philosophical unease
Movie Details
- Director
- Thiagarajan Kumararaja
- Release Date
- 2019-03-29
- Runtime
- 176 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (141)
Cast
- Vijay Sethupathi
- Fahadh Faasil
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu
- Ramya Krishnan
- Mysskin
- Gayathrie Shankar
- Bagavathi Perumal
- Ashwanth Ashokkumar
- Vijay Ram
- Mirnalini Ravi
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- aha
- Rent
- Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Super Deluxe about?
- Four volatile Tamil stories collide around death, family, identity, and faith in a gleefully unpredictable moral labyrinth.
- What is Super Deluxe like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Super Deluxe as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Super Deluxe violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Super Deluxe as moderate.
- What did critics think of Super Deluxe?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an ambitious, inventive Tamil cult classic whose interwoven stories combine dark humor with philosophical and social provocation.
- Which films are like Super Deluxe?
- Films with a similar feel include Pulp Fiction, Burn After Reading, The Happiness of the Katakuris, and Fargo.
- How long is Super Deluxe?
- Super Deluxe runs 176 minutes.
- Where can I watch Super Deluxe?
- In United States, Super Deluxe streams on aha.
