Grace's mother's death throws her life into disarray. She is unable to return to school and complete her education as her uncle has stolen all her mother's savings and is encouraging her to take up a trade and get married instead. Unable to raise funds to continue her schooling she takes the opportunity to go with a family friend to Lagos with the promise of a living with and being educated by her sister's family. Things are looking up, but how long will it last?
We all know Mercy Johnson can cry a river of tears and boy did she do that here. An absolutely excellent performance from mercy Johnson throughout the movie and particularly an early scene where she confronts her uncle over his refusal to pay for her education. She was excellent as the naive village girl. Mercy Johnson doesn't just do sexy as occasional watchers of Nollywood may think. She really is versatile and can do it all. In this movie she does the heavy sobbing dramatic crying as well as the tears welling up in your eyes crying. Kenneth Okonkwo did a great job in his performance but I felt like the casting was wrong. It felt like he was supposed to be younger than he was, in the way that he was acting, but was around the same age as Mercy's dad. They should have cast someone younger in the role. It beats me why they are always casting him and younger men when he clearly looks to be in his 40′s.
I really enjoyed the movie. Mercy Johnson was the standout performance and did a phenomenal job as the downtrodden Grace. I loved the ending then hated it all at the same time. This movie took me on a roller-coaster ride of emotions. If you watch it you will know what I mean. All in all a very good movie heavily driven by the performances. The story was run of the mill but the execution made up for it. Grab ya copy now!
