Mike Ezuruonye, Funke Akindele, Ini Edo, Walter Anga
This film follows four close friends from different backgrounds and their different problems. Tonto(Esther Adeyemi) is suffers from Sickle Cell Anaemia with parents that feel increasingly guilty with every attack, Joyce(Echelon Mbadiwe) has neglectful parents and is being lured by her English teacher to have an affair, Saraphina(Nnebe Chinenye) is poor and has to contend with her waster father that seems to hate his family and enjoys using their money and Flora(Eki Okoro) who is being harassed by her Aunt’s toy boy whenever she is away.
Living Nightmares 1 and Living Nightmares 2
Okey Zubelu Okoh
Emeka Odiamma
Chinonso Okoh
2013
Actors were great, good stories, excellent narrative
Too long scenes, Misplaced scenes
We all started sniffing with dabs at our eyes in the middle of this film and then were all out crying at the end. This film wasn’t flashy and it wasn’t big budget, it appeared simple but was able to catch our attention from the get-go which isn’t easy. Going in, I expected it to be the dry staple of brief high school experience but instead it explored junior secondary school in a way that is relatable and interesting. The tales of the four girls were not original in anyway nor were the resolutions but somehow it gave more…maybe it was the actors themselves or the way the story was told but it was just better. Maybe it was the way the story made the audience care about its characters.
This plot was interesting and kept us all going to the end. Somewhat predictable- we knew someone was going to die as is the norm for these kinds of stories-each story was easy to follow, thrilling, sad and relatable. The film cut a deliberate slice across Nigerian life and life styles, weaving the stories and linking them together brilliantly. I felt the chemistry between the girls, and their occasional spat reflected the stupid things we quarrelled over in secondary school.
The directing of this was almost good like right on the cusp of good. Some of the scenes seem out of place and too long which in turn displaces his original intention.
On actors –Funke Akindele came across as natural as usual. Ini Edo didn’t have a really big role but every time she was onscreen I couldn’t help but be distracted by her blatantly fake pregnancy, it collapsed every time she moved. The extras/parents and guardians weren’t bad, there was no hair pulling and they acted their roles perfectly. There is always a risk when using young actors even as old as these girls were (about 15/16) as they tend to come across as wooden and untrained. While there were glimmers of that overall the young cast in this movie was fantastic. They conveyed the emotions and avoided my pet peeve- eyeballs all over the place trying not to look at the camera. Although it was really hard to tell them apart at the beginning (Tip: Try identifying them through their hair) I hope to see them again in other ventures as this rarely happens with child actors.
In conclusion, this movie is one of the best I have seen so far and what it has going for it is its freshness in using young actors well and how the narration of the story moves. It’s fast paced and even though the ending left some questions unanswered I would watch it again.
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Chocolate Pinging Salon
wow nice movie, Nigeria is coming up.i actually watched this movie at night, I didn’t want switch off my tv set cus the movie was awesome. keep this up and you will be the best.
This movie kept me glued till 1:03am regardless of the fact that I need to get up by ram tomorrow to go to work. I’m just wondering why it has not won any award yet. Sarafina and the other girl’s should be used in more of our movies! Finally, I believe we can have talented child actors playing their roles almost perfectly like the whites. Sorry I’m talking too much, I’m just THRILLED!
This is a very dope movie keep it up hope to stare with you some days to come echelon mbadiwe shout out to you. Cheers please gimme feedback thanks kind regards cedric
D gurls acted so gr8 especially chinenye kudos 2 her,wish 2 c dem again cuz dey inspire me alot nd dey r also telling us dat we can do it nd i bliv dat.luv u @ saraphina,flora,tonto,echelon. Kip it up our nollywood stars@ini edo,mr mike,mrs funke nd odars gbosa 2 u all
This was a really good movie. I was getting bored and tired of the same ole Nigerian movies. This was refreshing. It may have been low budget but it delivered, good acting and new faces.
wow! what a wonderful movie i rely love those girls pls keep on usin them,they act vry wel hope to see them in another film.
ooh! This movie is interesting. More greez 2 d writer. I like Chinenye Nnebe she will do exploit in yrs 2 come, likewise; Echelon Mbadiwe and Eki Okoro and Esther Adeyemi.