Crazy Mohan and his Tamil drama troupe shift their act to the big screen with Jery. Predictably, they stage a two-hour long play filled with oneliners and gags that fail to evoke laughter.

The comic team is saddled with 'Jithan' Ramesh, a likely nominee for the Most Wooden Face of the Year.

Jayram alias Jery, a college student, thinks love is a waste of time; he feels women are easy prey. His friend Kaushik (Raghav) places a bet with Jery. Kaushik identifies three women Jery has to woo. One is Jeeva (Mira Vasudevan), a strict police inspector. Soon she falls in love with him. The other is Janani (Mumtaz), an actress, who too falls for him. Next is Janaki (Sruthi) a collegemate who hates Jery. After much persuasion, Janaki too falls for him; but this time, Jery too is smitten. All the three women turn up at the same temple to marry Jery.

No prizes for guessing who gets to marry him.

Crazy Mohan, who is credited with the story-screenplay and dialogues, banks on the mix-up and comedy of errors to do the trick but fails miserably because the actors don't have the necessary comic timing. So after a while, he shoulders the responsibility and his role as Ruku, Janani's manager, becomes pivotal. All this takes the fizz out of the film.

Mira is totally unfit as the cop and is more at ease as the glam doll. She sizzles in a song sequence while Mumtaz as the movie actress is bloated up and has 'vamp' written all over her. Sruthi fits the bill as the homely, no-nonsense college girl.

Music director Ramesh Vinayagam comes up with some loud background score, which adds to the viewers' discomfort. The less said the better about the songs.

It is better that Crazy Mohan sticks to stage plays and ventures into films only when he has a seasoned actor like Kamal Haasan [Images] to pull off the gags and oneliners.

Jery, in short, is a comedy that does not entertain.

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