The Other Side of Love
Ramsey Noah, Pascal Atuma, JJ Bunny, Rex Otuka
Fairly interesting storyline
Bad production and bad acting from most actors
-Story: [4 out of 5] It kills me to see really good stories destroyed by horrible acting, directing and editing. A story like this in the right hands could have been 10 times better than the continental rubbish it turned out to be.
-Originality: [4 out of 5] To be honest, I haven’t seen THIS storyline before
-Predictability: [2 out of 5] Not exactly the ending I expected at that point, so kudos to JJ.
-Directing/Editing: [0 out of 5] If I were to list all the major qualms in this movie as is related to Directing and Editing, I don’t think I would ever stop typing and being that I have to go to bed soon, I better make it brief. Besides the entire movie being a total disaster, my first point of realizing that the editing was flawed was when they spelled FBI Headquarters wrongly by spelling it as HEADQUATERS. (Might not be major but some things should not be missed especially when it is used repeatedly throughout the movie). My second cue was at the end when they were writing the moral of the story. ( I don’t know why Nigerian movies do that, I mean I get the ones that go and Micheal went to jail and Nneka waited for him and they got married 10yrs later. But the ones that go “and the reward of evil is sorrow” I think are really stupid, considering that I just watched the movie) Anyway in the end of this movie, the editor let slide this grammatical error: “LET US UPHELD EACH OTHER”
-Acting quality: [1 out of 5] I really want to put zero for acting quality but then I remember that Ramsey Noah can actually act and sometimes the other actors can too, so I give it a one. My main problem is how these people are supposed to be in America, yet they can barely carry on a conversation in decent and proper English.
-Setting and Costume: [1 out of 5] First of all, if anyone expected that FBI office of theirs to be convincing they must have been smoking weed. The females dressing were mostly on point except for when it was not. I mean what is up with JJ’s leather skirt in the first few scenes and the tall girl with the bob Marley in her hair. I mean I myself am tall but I do not look that haphazard, and for some reason I am expected to believe she is a model. Model my foot.
-Video and Audio Quality [3 out of 5] No glaring faults
-Soundtrack [0 out of 5] The sound scheme of this movie was absolute nonsense, songs were very out of place at moments when the music could have been used to heighten tension and increase the audience’s awareness it was not used.
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As much as i respect honest critics it sadden me to see really horrible movie in nollywood (some of which you cant even get pass the audio talkless of the picture quality) but yet when critics take to jjbunny’s work they come very harsh as if its a personal attack so i can understand where IKE is coming from. As for me i was in the audience at the premiere of “other side of love” and i remember she had a standing ovation when the movie was showcased. I have also seen other nollywood critics that said it was “the best performance from jjbunny, well played character and convincing from begining to end and one of the best movie from nollywood USA” but i wont write any further. i respect jjbunny for what she is able to pull for her age (being so young) and i encourage her to continue to wow those that trully apprciate her work and those that write from a sincere heart!
dnt knw wat 2 say 4 nw,will wtch it then come bk later 2 make my comment
I promised myself I would not get involved in this argument but una don tempt me finish.
I am not on here to bring down any particular Director or Editor and to IKE I hella wish I was being paid to bring down JJ Bunny because if I was you know that this one is an understatement, I would have written an essay on her that would destroy any creatures self esteem but I am not writing for pay.
If you guys bothered to pay any attention to anything on the blog you would realize that my main purpose is not simply to review movies but to critique the ones that have potential to be great. To point out what is being done wrongly so that Nollywood movie makers can make amends in the next movie. Nollywood has the potential to be even better than Hollywood if we would only take time to make our movies great.
You do realize that there are movies on this blog with renowned actors in them that are not even JJ Bunny movies but receive a much lower rating.
However, I understand that you have your grievances and everyone is entitled to his or her own opinions so I will not banter on any longer, I just wanted to make sure you realized that my motives are good. I don’t wake up in the morning and think “hmph… how am I going to bring JJ Bunny’s art down today”
I myself am a fan off JJ’s stories and have seen everything from caged to the other side of love because her stories are always really good.
This is how I know you are not an avid Nollywood viewer, not that there is anything wrong with that but the fact remains that the quality of this movie can not stand besides the quality of other movies in the market. Take for instance Ije or not to reach too far even oldies like “When the Heart Lies”.
I want you to tell me how this is purposely targeting her and do you think someone would pay a newbie in the Nollywood business money to bring down JJ? Hey Ike read the review it gave her points for the story so can we quit complaining.
Personally I love JJ and her movies, the storyline is always very intriguing like Vivian pointed out but the quality of the acting combined with the editing annoys me.
She is yet to grasp the movie business completely and until she changes or better still realizes this her movies will not be top notch.
You guys need to get a clue, the blog says critic with a purpose it’s not f***ing made to bring people down but to tell them what they are doing wrong so they can improve.
I do agree with it being a beautiful movie.
i love jjbunny and all her works. THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE MOVIE IS A BEAUTIFUL MOVIE AND STORY LINE AND WELL ACTED.
its sad that media like this purposely target her. i heard they are being paid by certain actress in Nigeria( i will not name for now) who has a complex issue with jjbunny. maybe this sentence is for her “LET US UPHELD EACH OTHER AND NOT PULL EACH OTHER down” lol
Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinions. In my opinion NOllywood could have done better. This sort of movie sets us back
LOVED THE MOVIE…..THIS REVIEW IS CRAP!!