1 review
Four siblings played by Ini Edo, Uche Jombo, John Paul Nwadike and Junior Pope Odonwodo are out of control, and show nothing but disrespect towards their parents. We see Amara come and meet a prospective suitor in front of her parents, drunk and making inappropriate gestures. Her sister Nkem returns from the United States hooked on cocaine and the two brothers behave like terrorists in the house, from selling their father's car without his knowledge to raping the house help Ifunaya. Their parents have reached the end of their tether and vow that they will not accept the behaviour anymore, however it takes much more than that for change to happen.
Eve Esin was brilliant as the deeply tortured house girl. Ini Edo playing the bad girl was on point, every time she would do her bad Gal dancing it would crack me up. Junior Pope too on point, John Paul Nwadike on point Uche Jombo the coke-head, great job. I thought it was a good choice of cast as all four siblings meshed well and had good chemistry. I loved the banter between them. The dialogue was rich. When I saw that Ruth Kadiri was responsible for the screenplay I knew that I wouldn't be disappointed on that end. THUMBS UP RUTH! Ini Edo was the stand out performance for me. It probably helped that she had some of the killer lines.
What I would really like to see in a Nollywood movie is a bad ass character that does not drink or smoke. Drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes does not mean that one is capable of morally reprehensible acts as far as I am concerned and for every inherently bad person to be portrayed as a drinker or smoker or *gasp* both makes the characters cliché and one dimensional. We see the siblings all smoking like chimneys and we are automatically supposed to assume them bad or gangsta. Let's switch it up please!
I would recommend the movie, it was definitely entertaining to watch despite the flaws I have highlighted and the cast did a brilliant job playing their characters. There wasn't one person in the movie that made me shake my head in horror. It would have been better if there weren't so many cliché things happen like the smoking and drinking to show badness and the dad dying of shock, nevertheless a good effort.
Eve Esin was brilliant as the deeply tortured house girl. Ini Edo playing the bad girl was on point, every time she would do her bad Gal dancing it would crack me up. Junior Pope too on point, John Paul Nwadike on point Uche Jombo the coke-head, great job. I thought it was a good choice of cast as all four siblings meshed well and had good chemistry. I loved the banter between them. The dialogue was rich. When I saw that Ruth Kadiri was responsible for the screenplay I knew that I wouldn't be disappointed on that end. THUMBS UP RUTH! Ini Edo was the stand out performance for me. It probably helped that she had some of the killer lines.
What I would really like to see in a Nollywood movie is a bad ass character that does not drink or smoke. Drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes does not mean that one is capable of morally reprehensible acts as far as I am concerned and for every inherently bad person to be portrayed as a drinker or smoker or *gasp* both makes the characters cliché and one dimensional. We see the siblings all smoking like chimneys and we are automatically supposed to assume them bad or gangsta. Let's switch it up please!
I would recommend the movie, it was definitely entertaining to watch despite the flaws I have highlighted and the cast did a brilliant job playing their characters. There wasn't one person in the movie that made me shake my head in horror. It would have been better if there weren't so many cliché things happen like the smoking and drinking to show badness and the dad dying of shock, nevertheless a good effort.
- nollywoodforeverdotcom
- Aug 4, 2012
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