Flower Girl

Unfortunately for romantic comedies it is a genre that almost always churns out the exact same storyline and very little can ever be done to add originality or reduce the predictability of the movie. Hence more often than not the ratings are poor. This, however, is not a reflection on poor movie making or bad storytelling. It’s simply because after a story has been told so many times the rating can only ever be so high.

Flower Girl is a story of a girl with her head high in the clouds, played by Damilola Adegbite, who in her effort to get her long-time boyfriend – Chris Attoh – to propose to her ends up causing a break up. She eventually meets a celebrity actor Tunde Kulani, played by Blossom Chuks, whom she intends to use to make her ex-boyfriend jealous.

As you can guess from this, things don’t turn out as she would imagine. We know this. We knew this when we saw the trailer. In fact, we knew this way before that, we knew this from the synopsis. The fact is that most people watching the movie are not watching for a new storyline. We are not watching for originality. Neither are we watching for a monumental twist in the plot. The movie sticks tightly to the school of thought that movies are mainly for entertainment, entertainment and more entertainment.

Damilola Adegbite as Kemi Williams – the flower sales girl hell bent on getting her boyfriend to propose is everything from charming to adorable and hilarious all at the same time. She captivates and holds your attention for as long as she is on the screen. Even when she is not on the screen, the thought of her last performance still holds you.

Now romantic comedies aren’t exactly the best sample to use in judging an individual’s acting abilities, so therefore I cannot tell you anything concrete about Blossom Chuks’ acting prowess based on this movie. However, I will tell you this, as far as it came to presenting Tunde Kulani as a lovable high rolling celebrity actor, Blossom did it justice and then some more. At the end of the movie, even I was in love – or maybe it was just because Blossom’s character had too many tight fitting clothes ??? Topic for another day…

Damilola and Chuks’ chemistry is not exactly what you would jump to. The immediate assumption, considering the pairing in Tinsel is that Dami would be paired with Chris. However, in this atypical pairing there was beauty and romance and moments of laughter. You fell in love with the characters individually and their character’s together. There is not much of a hollow in this storyline during the climax where you yearn for the lovers to get back together. You don’t feel any sorrow at any point because you know that it will all end up as a happily-ever-after. Some might consider this a good thing and some might not – it depends on who you’re asking.

There are a lot of happy-go-jolly characters in this movie from Stella, Kemi’s compadre, to the characters of her parents. You can argue that Kemi Williams’ character is a bit of a carricature but it all adds to the light atmosphere of the movie. Bikiya Graham Douglas does a fantastic job countering overly annoying with a caring friend. Her character is not given so much screen time that she becomes annoying or tedious.

As far as the entire movie is concerned there were a few things outside the story that stood out. Like in the first couple of scenes the lighting was questionable. There were a few aspects of the story that seemed a bit too sudden or forward. But together all these things were hardly enough to make a dent on the entire movie as a whole.

Flower Girl the movie was a party from start to finish. When you’re not gushing at Blossom or Damilola’s sheer beauty – whichever you are into – you are laughing at the hilarity of Damilola’s expressions. When you’re not doing that you are playing a game of spot the celebrity cameos. Flower girl is a fun, simple, adorable romantic comedy. It delivers laughs on end. The picture is beautiful and captivating, and the makers do an amazing job of creating a separate world that the audience can not only relate to but wishes to be a part of.

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