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First off all the title of this movie does not inspire any sort of hope that it would be nothing more than a long and meandering comedic film. Filmmakers underestimate just how much influence the title of a film has on audiences. We may all make fun of a movies tritely named such as Painful Sorrow or something, but at least we know what genre the film is about.

This movie is original, while I wasn’t exactly glued to the screen, it peaks your interest enough. It moves in a satisfying way, the pacing is not too bad it doesn’t drag at any point. The plot stays focused on the characters and spent appropriate time on each person. Uche Elendu as disenfranchised girl being bounced around a family- from brother to father to brother to father to brother- was an interesting character in that she wasn’t weak but wasn’t all powerful. The characters were interesting and the resolution was lovely. The so called villain of the piece when told to kill the protagonists realised how much he loved them. That was truly beautiful. On the other hand there was absolutely no need to add a rape scene, it was one-quickly forgotten and for something as serious as rape quickly brushed ,two- made it really hard to see the father as redeemable and made it a more darker situation that it needed to be. The character of the mother also made very little sense especially at the end. Once again, in the search of a happy ending™ everything is just swept under a rug, how is it that the mother who has mistreated her for years and even suggests killing her would suddenly repent because she heard the girl was trying to kill herself. Other than that, it was a good plot.

With amazing veteran actors such as Amaechi Muonagor and Clarion Chukwurah and slightly less established ones but no less good like Prince Nwafor and Uche Elendu, this is a well-acted film. Uche Elendu does have a very shrill voice and at times her screaming really gets on the nerves. The brother (Dike Osinachi) acts the same part in all the movies he is in, and frankly it’s a bit annoying.

In conclusion, it is an interesting novel film with a slightly weak ending. I would recommend it because it does have a great original story at hand. But in my personal opinion, it did not need to escalate things to the level it did, the rape makes the ending a little bit painful to watch because it is so casual. Once again I find myself asking if Nollywood will ever take rape seriously.