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Petromax (Tamil, 2019) review

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2019 · Tamil · 2h 08m · Comedy, Horror · CBFC U/A
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Good
3 reviews · provisional
52
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Summary

Petromax (2019, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 52 from 3 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.

A man struggles to sell his house that is haunted so he arranges four people to live in the house for a few days to prove that there are no ghosts.

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Summary

A man struggles to sell his house that is haunted so he arranges four people to live in the house for a few days to prove that there are no ghosts.

Petromax (2019, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 52 from 3 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.

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What the critics said

3 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
The critic’s own number where they gave one
11 Oct 2019
Only Kollywood calls Petromax a fairly good horror comedy, held up by Tamannaah and a strong second half from TSK and the comic ensemble, but… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
62
Sreedhar Pillai · 12 Oct 2019
2.5/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text Filmi’s reading 48
50
Thinkal Menon · 11 Oct 2019
Petromax Movie Review: Petromax loses the steam quite early Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5 Filmi’s reading 45
50
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 3 readings; 2 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Petromax: quick answers

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Where can I watch Petromax?

Petromax is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (India), Google Play Movies (the US) and YouTube (the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.

What did critics say about Petromax?

Petromax has a Filmi Score of 52 (Good), the mean of 3 readings of critic reviews, one per review. The score is provisional until at least five reviews are read. Readings run from 45 (Times of India) to 62 (OnlyKollywood). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.

What readers say

The Audience Score appears once three readers’ reviews have been read under the rubric — built from what people write, never from the rating numbers.
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