The Groom’s Bride
Majid Michel, JJ Bunny, Jackie Appiah, Kofi Adjorlolo, Amanobia Boakyi, James Gardiner
An engaged man goes on a two-week trip to Gambia, to source the perfect honeymoon location. His fiancée is left behind in Ghana and he unexpectedly falls in love with a Gambian tour guide. True love they say is when two hearts beat as one! It's becomes intriguingly ironic when three hearts beat as one! This is the story of the “GROOM'S BRIDE”. A love story that breaks the rules of love!A battle line for the finest of hearts! Love becomes an emotional pain, a torture of the soul and heartbreak!Echoes a voice from the heart: You have come to experience the beautiful beaches, amazing sunset and engulfing scenery, here in the Gambia, yet you will not leave without hurting our innocents!A second echoes: A woman could be perfect in all qualities of a man's desires, but if she is not his soul mate his heart will be far from her! But within these hills and rivers, a Gambian never loves without his heart!
"What a man cherishes, he treasures" - James Gardiner (The Groom's Bride) "A man can love, cherish, and adore a woman... even make her his wife! But if she is not his soul mate, his heart will be far from home" - Jackie Appiah (The Groom's Bride) "It is not a perfect woman that makes a happy home" - Jackie Appiah (The Groom's Bride) "The evening of the honeymoon! Your body is here but your mind is not" - James Gardiner (The Groom's Bride)
Frank Rajah Arase
Abdul Salam Mumuni
2012
-Story: [3 out of 5] The original intent of the ‘story’ criterion of critic is to answer the question “can I sit another person down and tell them this story… if I can, will they be entertained?” If yes, definitely then the story is a go. And for this movie? Heck yeah, you can sit me down any day in a tales by moonlight format and I’ll listen to it. (As a side note though, this iROKO+ subscription is really paying off sha haha see Jason saving me serious green).
-Originality: [2 out of 5] When the movie started and before all the drama, I was getting a strong “Princess Tyra” vibe from the movie with the whole wealthy versus peasants and the whole Jackie Appiah and a sick relative (if you catch my drift). However, the rest of the movie is a tad bit different from the usual
-Predictability: [1 out of 5] Yes, indeed. A majority, if not all, the sequences and happenings in this movie are extremely predictable.
-Directing/Editing: [4 out of 5] Ah! A one part movie…. I have now lived a fulfilled life! Lol. Kudos to the Venus team for a couple of things. First off… I don’t see the Bollywood movie that this was stolen from (and trust me and my negativity to have been searching rigorously). The cinematography was obvious. No faults whatsoever (none that I noticed anyways… I am sure that someone will point out a flaw in the comments section after this abi?). But most importantly… one part film! Ha! It can be done… hence… from now on let’s begin to do it. I saw what they did with Majid’s family… because Kofi (a charcoal) was playing the father of Majid (a whitey), they gave him a ‘might-as-well-be-caucasian’ mother and a light skinned brother… nice casting. Over the years, Venus Films Production have been known for their ridiculously wordy dialogues. But it seems they are making a serious attempt at changing… they switched over from the Shakespearean language to simple overly wordy English sometime in 2009-2010 and now they are almost at normal human dialogue levels… kudos! 🙂
-Acting quality: [3 out of 5] Let’s start with the obvious… Majid got fatter! (ofcourse that would be the most important thing to me. This guy is destroying my fantasies lol). On to matter though… Majid is a great actor. The fact is undeniable and not even a question. JJ Bunny… Hmm… Joy Bunny… hmm…. I’ve reviewed a couple JJ Bunny made in Houston crapologies on this blog before. It is no secret that I never thought any good of them. And neither did I think the babe could act to save her life.. but! In this movie, something has changed. JJ has definitely become a better actress than her “The Bet” days. I don’t know if to credit it to practice/experience or good directing. Whatever it is the fact remains that she has gotten better than before. Mba! She’s not yet there… in fact she is no where near there yet but she has gotten better. Even if it’s by a ridiculously minuscule scale… an improvement is an improvement. Now, having said that… the babe still can’t speak English o lol… haha. It’s pronounced ‘cheating’ darling, not ‘shitting’ (you know what they say… no matter how posh you try to be, the villager in you will always surface). Jackie Appiah… ah ah! This my madam and all this her African accents. In this movie, it’s a Gambian accent and in “Battle of Honor” it was a Jamaican accent. Any which way, the girl did her role justice. I think she did a good job, if you disagree, that’s your own cup of tea. It was a pleasure to see Kofi ‘the beast’ Adjorlolo and our darling Amanobia Boakyi from “Somewhere in Africa“, on the screens again. The kid who played ‘Nick’, Majid Michel’s brother, (real name, Nass), I was at a loss as to whether or not he could act… (plus his voice? He looked like a kid yet he sounded double the age he looked). He gave an OK performance for a first timer. The woman that played Majid’s mother, couldn’t act… which was fine at first cos she didn’t need to express emotions. But when we came to the Gambia… emotions needed to be shown that she quite frankly was just not showing. All the extras that could not act were quite frankly simply reciting the dialogue in my opinion. Oya… I saved the most important (in my books) for last. James ‘o sexy nation’ Gardiner (Yes! I really just dashed the guy Omotola’s title. Shoot me). I remember the first time I saw him was in the movie, “Wrong Number” and my only thoughts back then were “Omo see fine boy” but as time progresses it has become obvious that Mr. Gardiner has big plans. His first major role that I ever saw was alongside Jackie Appiah in the theft of a movie, “A Night With Her“. Back then I thought… “eh! He could still use some work. Not exactly lead material yet” But now? Hian… the boy has proven me wrong. Even from the trailer alone…you can see the wealth of emotions he is capable of. I am literally astounded by the rate of growth of this guy both talentwise and popularity-wise. In the words of Wizkid my dear “God go make you bigger”. (Dear John Dumelo, this is the second time I’m writing you. See what I’m telling you? There are other fine chocolate men coming out of Ghana that can act. Do you know the difference between you and them? They actually visit the gym. I’m telling you now o for the gazillionth time…. better join a gym before I replace your place in my heart).
-Setting: [5 out of 5] It showcases the beauty of Africa from two perspectives: Gambia and Ghana (shot on location in Ghana and Gambia)
-Costume/Make-Up: [4 out of 5] To the Ghanaians and to Samira Yakubu… I apologize deeply. Ah! I have done you a great injustice. I hype Uche Nancy and Chiemela Nwagboso (both Nigerian film costumiers) to the death. Yet! You have been in the game since tey tey and I never acknowledged your existence… chei! The big things you’ve been doing, dear Samira, will never go unnoticed. Just like Bernie Anti is to Ghana what Austine Erowele is to Nigeria, Samira Yakubu is to Ghana what Uche Nancy is to Nigeria.
-Props and Graphics: [5 out of 5] On Point pass the point sef
-Video Quality: [4 out of 5] Splendid
-Audio Quality [4 out of 5] Good
-Soundtrack: [4 out of 5] Ahah! Bernie doing his tinnnnn. Listen to the soundtrack below
-Musical Score: [4 out of 5] Before the movie even started (as in, before the actors came on screen), you can tell that this is a Bernie Anti work. That’s how you make a name for yourself. Astounding.
I want the soundtracks too please
please I wanna know the soundtrack used in the movie…
I really love it
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i watched this movie long time ago but to this day i’m mad at the ending. majid ending with jjbunny ruined the whole movie
Just finish watching the movie..It was good but I didnt like the end at all…Marriage is not tinko tinko, you dont just do what you like..You stick it to the end and make it work except of course if your safety is being compromised then seek separation and go from there….
Nice review :)…So what country is JJ bunny from??
Her name is Joy ???? (insert igbo last name here).
Yup! I figured many people would feel that way about the movie, hence the comparison with Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. I also feel like marriage is a one time thing… after I DO it’s done but let’s just attribute this to artistic license
Forgive me oo… but I was so angry at JJ Bunny’s accent I actually wanted him to end up with Jackie just cuz of how off putting it was….sigh..
Hahaha… abeg don’t apologize jare. Even I, to a certain extent, wanted Majid with Jackie but for different reasons (i.e I’d pick Jackie over JJ any day, even if Jackie’s character is the devil himself)
james gardiner is the best of all the best muah!!! love you so much
this movie was really good!!! even though her accent’s bad at time i still think jj bunny’s a decent actress. i absolutely luv this movie and i make it a point of duty to make my friends watch it even those that dont like nolly movies.
Hmm… ok o
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Nice movie but can I ask if JJ Bunny is related to the Godfathers of Nollywood? Cos her acting and diction is quite bad!!!
Haha do I know?… she is just one determined chic lol
She is an “organiser” Once people like you and you give them things that they want then they don’t give a shhhhh about your acting skills. Remember she uses her “organiser” money to fund movies and get people American visa. Noone cares where she gets it from or that her lacefront and speech is torturous to the viewers… they just don’t care.
Lmao @ “get people American visa” but on a serious note considering all the rubbish I’ve been hearing about the inner workings of the industry, I do not doubt this one bit
I kind of wanted to watch this film even though the casting is cringe worthy. Boy i do not like Jackie acting and JJ bunny is a deal breaker for me. But i see my Majid looking so fine and the script is not that bad. Plus you gave it a pretty high rating so i look forward to seeing it
Hmm… you have a problem with Jackie’s acting? Lol ok
Let’s know what you think after you see it
My dear please let us know because I thought it was only good for being a Gambian Tourist Board video. #truetalk
“Gambian Tourist Board video” <-----Roflmao... ah! This gyal your bad mouth pass my own x10. Chei
Then just don’t bother if she is gonna be that SHITE. I can’t make allowances even the maid was cringeworthy.
Oh God! The maid that was saying “You should visit THE GAMBIA”…. haha. She was straight up reciting her lines lmao
I feel like flogging JJ BUNNy each time i see her in her movies especially with these ghanians,i trust Nigeruans ,they wont také her crappy movies,abeg must JJ bunny act ?haba everyne is saying she isnt a good actress,but i like her spirit,producing lol.pls quit acting
HAha lmao @ ‘i feel like flogging’… Nna, some people are just beyond determined
JJ Bunny is the absolute pits! HORRIBLE… Her and that oyinbo mama… who send them? Ruined it for me!
Lmao…. Nolly o.
Where did you want them to find a white actress in Ghana. Haha… truly truly though the white woman couldn’t act to save her life
NR i dnt want to sound wicked but JJ should quit acting pls she nd her diaspora frnds.Those Nigerians based in Us cnt act at all,US cannot shark us biko,she has nice stories she could turn into movies but dat acting kai i wanted to kill myself when i saw this girl act.I’d have to watch dis movie to knw if she’s become better.
Honestly, I also believe the acting she does in the United States is absolute crap. But! You sef check am… her acting in The Groom’s Bride vs. Her Acting in all those made in Houston crapologies? This one makes her look that much better.
Granted! There are still a million and one people who can act better than her. IN fact now that I think about it… this movie might have been that much better if they’d used someone else