Sweetheart! Struggles with Flashbacks and Direction
Sweetheart! follows Vasu (Rio Raj), an animator with commitment issues, who spirals into panic when his girlfriend Manu (Gopika Ramesh) announces her pregnancy. Instead of a heartfelt romantic comedy, the film gets bogged down by endless flashbacks and unnecessary detours, particularly a dragged-out subplot about confirming the pregnancy. Director Swineeth S. Kumar stretches simple plot points into exhausting sequences, while the comedy often falls flat. Rio Raj captures Vasu’s anxiety well, and Gopika Ramesh adds warmth, but inconsistent storytelling and illogical character choices derail the film. Despite Yuvan Shankar Raja’s lively score, Sweetheart! feels more like a missed opportunity than a memorable romance.