Watch only if you are a hardcore fan of arthouse Tamil cinema. For everyone else, this Kuppai Kathai is best left in the bin.

The film follows an elderly man who treats a pile of garbage in his neighborhood like his own child. While the society sees filth and nuisance, he sees a living, breathing entity—naming it, talking to it, and protecting it from authorities and neighbors who want it cleared. It’s a wonderfully absurd and uniquely Tamil concept.

Rating: ⭐⭐ (2/5)

Watching Oru Kuppai Kathai (translated as A Story of Garbage ) feels ironically similar to the subject it critiques: there is a valuable, recyclable core idea, but it is buried under piles of redundant, messy, and preachy waste.

The degraded quality makes the already slow film unbearable. If you can’t find it legally, skip it. The filmmakers deserve better than a review written over a screen-recorded, pixelated mess.