Album is by no means a bad movie. It is clean, entertaining in portions and has some nice characters and relationships. Unfortunately, it an uninteresting one. The movie's name is supposed to stand for a collection of memories but these memories are just not enough to hold our interest for two and a half hours.

Jeevan(Rajesh) is a communist, even missing college classes to attend meetings, participate in protests, etc. His activities are naturally frowned upon by his father(Balachandra Menon). Annachi(Vijayakumar), a rich man, is cheated by his brother('Nizhalgal' Ravi) and loses his house. Since he is close to Ranganathan and trusts him, he moves in next door to Ranganathan. Srutika, Annachi's daughter, falls for Jeevan but he turns her down since he has other goals in life.

The movie is bland and runs without ever getting us interested or involved. There are signs of potential issues but all of these are resolved before they escalate into real conflicts and so, fizzle out.

The biggest example of the movie's inability to escalate tension is ofcourse the hero's leanings towards communism and the resulting friction with his father. After a line of movies with irresponsible, unrealistic characterisation of college guys, it is a relief to see something different here as Rajesh is portrayed as a youth with some good principles. The clashes between father and son are also low-key but interesting. But both issues, Rajesh's belief in communism and his strained relationship with his father, are resolved in a lame manner. So, the movie, which appeared to move in a certain direction and contain a message, loses direction and the portions with communism seem irrelevant.

The only aspect that keeps us involved in the movie is the characterisation and the portrayal of the relationships between its characters. Almost all the individuals are well-defined and do not seem like cardboard cutouts. As a result, the relations between them are realistic too. Rajesh's family, with the stern father, the errant son(in the father's eyes) and the affectionate mother always on the son's side has been seen several times before but the characterisation of the members makes it believable here. Many of the scenes between them are very realistic. Rajesh's younger sister too gets a strong character and her clashes with her brother are very cute. The scene where they make up with each other is touchingly handled.

Rajesh struggles to show any kind of expressions on his face and seems wooden most of the time. He is fine when fighting with his sister but his later show of affection is not convincing enough. Srutika looks pretty and is adequate. But the persons who make an impression are the senior actors. Balachandra Menon is fantastic as the stern but affectionate father. It is a low-key, subtle performance from the Malayalam, National award winning actor. Vijayakumar is also effective as the large hearted, rich man. Sarita provides good support as Rajesh's mother and is good in the scene where she finds fault with her husband for hating their son.