Please Marry Me
Prince David Osei, Yvonne Okoro, Roselyn Ngissah, Ingrid Alabi, Bibi Bright
The winner of a raffle draw gets to spend one night out with the charming Nick, who happens to be a physician and also a play boy. Anastasia (Yvonne Okoro), a Pediatrician, unknowingly gets entered into this draw by her co workers who think Nick and Anastasia will be great together. Anastasia wins and spends a night out with Nick which changes her perception about him. Nick invites Anastasia to his brother's wedding which she accepts. One thing leads to another and Anas gets pregnant. Nick wants to marry Anas, but she wonders if his proposal is genuine since he does not seem to like kids. - O.N
The movie, Please Marry Me, has 2 parts only. Two Parts in one CD. Please Marry Me Part 1 and 2. This movie has also been released in some areas as, "My Beloved", hence, My Beloved Part 1 and 2
Olawore S. Sunshine
Kalisha Akorful
2011
-Story: [4 out of 5] Ohhhhhhhh My God! Mindblowing tinz… especially considering that the movie was made by people whose names I have never come across before. I was extremely impressed. I would actually almost go to the cinemas to watch this movie.
-Originality: [3 out of 5] The story of love with a player boy is not new to Africa, Ramsey Noah and Jim Iyke have exhausted the issue. However, I loved the difference/authenticity in this movies approach. For a really short, sporadic minute I felt like this might be a lot like the movie “Salaam Namaste” starring Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta basically because of the pregnancy and playboy aspect but that idea flew out really quickly.
-Predictability: [0 out of 5] As I’ve always said, the sad part about love stories is that there endings are not far fetched and with a synopsis like that, not much is hidden.
-Directing/Editing: [2 out of 5] Like I had said earlier, this was amazing work especially considering that these are unheard of names in the industry (at least for me). Amazing work, amazing direction, amazing cinematography. I mean you could see the art in the art work, not those movies where cameras are shaking all over the place and the screen is filled with boom mics. It would have been good though if they had subtitled the parts where Prince David was speaking in a…. non-english language for folks like me who do not understand and don’t like feeling left out, even if it’s for less than a minute.
UPDATE: It’s really (what’s the word) unprofessional of the crew that not a single person thought it wise to take those shades off of Prince David Osei during the scenes where they were absolutely unnecessary. (See ‘costumes’)
-Acting quality: [2 out of 5] I am telling you that Yvonne Okoro has to sincerely be the next Genevieve Nnaji of Ghana. Because the last few movies of hers that I’ve seen, have been far from anything like the ratchet scripts that some of her Ghanaian contemporaries are in. Her scripts are even better picked out than Mercy Johnson’s scripts. Her execution is amazing and effortless (except in Losing You… that was effortful). Prince David Osei. I never thought I would see the day that I would love, I mean absolutely adore, a movie starring Prince David. His acting definitely still needs some brushing up but picking good scripts like this one to act in definitely go a long way with his appeal. Bibi Bright is a newbee that was introduced in this movie, playing the role of Vicky, Prince’s sister. She was beyond effortless and I would definitely watch another movie with her in it. Prince’s brother by the way has no business on the screens ever again…that was just terrible.
-Setting: [4 out of 5] If there is one thing Ghanaian’s need to teach Nigerian cinema is how to do setting and costume. We need to learn that less is more, simple is classy and busy is tacky. The setting for the hospital was so amazing that I wouldn’t mind getting sick in a hospital like that lol.
-Costume/Make-Up: [3 out of 5] Amazing work except I didn’t understand why Prince had shades on inside the house, inside the hospital and at night in most if not all the scenes of this movie
-Props and Graphics: [4 out of 5] On Point
-Video Quality: [4 out of 5] Ok
-Audio Quality [3 out of 5] Shaky in first scene but asides from that… amazing
-Soundtrack: [3 out of 5] Ok
-Musical Score: [3 out of 5] was basically a mix of all the best American love songs from whatever year. I thought it was well done actually and the songs were actually used correctly however my only problem is that credit was not given to the original artists at the end of the movie.
Lost In His Glory
The director is Nigerian
Indeed he is, but it’s still a Ghanaian movie
I don’t wanna come and shoot down your rating but the fact that the doctor is wearing sunglasses everywhere, even on the operating theatre is a big *boo boo* and worthy of throwing this crap on the trash heap. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! The believability was seriously impaired because they had parts where the lovers are staring romantically into each others eyes and the dude is wearing SUNGLASSES! there were so many awful things that I didn’t bother noting down but this was the worst.
Very true indeed but I still believe it was a very interesting (corny, yet entertaining) movie. I mean, Prince David Osei might never do another movie that I can stand again in this life time so I berra appreciate the only one he has done
Nne but that staring into eyes with glasses… noooo! That was definitely a directorial fault that no one noticed that. I’ll adjust for that right now
Love, love, love Yvonne Okoro, she just has this classy and great look, just like our Exquisite Genny (yeah I am kinda her fan number 1)
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Ghana movies are usually unpredictable. U cud see a cast of majid, both yvonnes and john dumelo and d movie wud still be crap… I think dats where nollywood has it… A movie of nse, genny, ramsey wud never be crap just pure intelligence… Well quantity is impt too dats how dey get deir cash
Haha I agree but I’d also like to point out that the Ghanaian cast line up you listed could be found in any movie by any production company, hence standards must definitely vary.
However, the Nigerian movie you described would definitely be a Royal Arts Academy movie (well…most likely) and they have set standards
Ok, i completely disagree with your first statement. Ghanians are really stepping up, but so are Nigerians. But a lot of the good Nollywood movies are set for cinematic release, so its hard to see them.
And Ghana is now taking on that Nollywood syndrome, i can’t count how many bad Ghanian movies I’ve seen this year alone.
But plx plx plx, make we no fight and tear pant for here. Just agree
Lmao… Abeg, I agree jare
However I did say the same thing. The fact is that Ghanaians don’t make as much movies as we do annually hence it is easier for a greater percentage of those few movies they made to be of good quality whilst we who make incredulous numbers per annum look tactless because a majority of them are without quality
You do make a good point with the cinema thing. Me sef, I’m still waiting for this Ije that has been in the cinemas since the beginning of time
Your review was marvelous, it was actually just as good as you said. I agreed with what you said about Bibi, she was a remarkable actress. One Love!
Nolly, this movie was released under another name ‘My Beloved’. I agree with you that Miss Bright did a great job. I am hoping to see her in more movies.
Wow! Thank You very much… it’s folks like you that save folks like me some money that we would have used to buy the same movie with two different names
If u check very well, it might be a rip off…I don’t trust good movies from ghana anymore cos dey have the tendency to be ripped…well yvonne okoro does not have the swagg and aura of genevieve she’s more like mercy johnson of ghana
Actually it’s not Ghanaian movies in general that are stolen, it’s Venus Films Production movies that are usually stolen.
And… you can check properly and then let me know, I like to be optimistic. If I don’t see theft then I suspect theft.
I meant, if I don’t see theft then I DONT suspect theft
hmmm….8.7 NR I am beginning to suspect you oh! It was good, but not that good. I dont want to be nitty-picky, but some scenes put the movie at an overall 7 for me.
5/5 for setting? The hospital, yes. But the brother’s marriage scene was beyond tacky. And Chicken Republic for a date???!!!
I do agree with you about Bibi Bright. She was the IT girl in the movie. Did I just write that with Yvonne in the movie? YES I DID!!! Who is she?
Meanwhile, as for Nollywood; mschewwwww!!! Yoruba people have a saying; omo bere osi bere (too many children, too much rubbish). ‘Nuff said.
Hmm… strolling through your comments and humming… “do you wanna be starting something?”
Lol… he had said that the marriage was supposed to be a private affair so I simply presumed that the first part was the wedding preparations and the living room scene was an intimate after-reception reception for close family.
Hey! To each his own… Bibi was good but then she was in a supporting role. The fewer your lines the easier it is to excel
I might just be biased to romantic movies
Nooooo. Dont wanna be starting anything else I get stuck in the middle. LOL.
Yes, private affair, but tacky setting all the same. Remember his family is supposed to have some gegeun. For a 5/5, setting should have been consistently good through the whole movie IMHO.
And again I agree with you about Bibi. Dont get me wrong; Yvonne did as Yvonne does; I absolutely love her. Bibi was the pleasant surprise.
Biased? I dont think so. Appreciate you anywhichway { }. Have you bookmarked on every computer I have access to, including my office desktop. Keep up the good work.
Hahaha lmao at the Yvonne did as Yvonne does reference to my usual John Dumelo did as John Dumelo does ***I bow at your subtlety ma’am/sir***
I do agree, Bibi was good and if she is related to Ebi Bright, I think she might be the better Bright
about the setting, the movie makers can argue for privacy and modesty and when there are more than one options I tend to stay neutral… no need putting my feet into water that I’m unsure of
Again I absolutely appreciate you! Thank you very much