Stellar
Chioma Chukwuka, Okey Uzoeshi, Moyo Lawal, Michael Bassey, Morris Sessay, Jemimah Osunde
When her husband leaves her with a child, a passionate woman is left destitute and in severe poverty. Her luck changes when she meets a man in the market
"It is not a favor man, this is work! I cannot put my name against anything that is substandard" - Okey Uzoeshi
Ikechukwu Onyeka
Uduak Isong
Uduak Isong
2015
Performances and writing
Just when we are beginning to loose hope in Nigerian movies, Stellar comes out and restores that dissipating hope.
Stellar is the story of a struggling single mother whose husband left her after losing his job. She is now faced with the challenge of learning how to support the family on her ow for the first time ever. She eventually meets a young man, played by Okey Uzoeshi, who offers her a job and tries to help her.
There are many little joys about this movie but the number one thing that makes this movie work is the casting of Chioma Chukwuka as ‘Stella’. Chioma is one of those few actresses who we can always look at to remind us what real acting looks like. The ease of her transformations into the character and her natural flow definitely helps to elevate the movie.
Okey Uzoeshi, in this movie, is easy to take for granted especially because he plays the role of a director so we all just expect his acting to be up to par. Regardless though, Okey does a great job of hitting every mark that he is required to from scene to scene.
One of the first surprises in this movie was the daughter, played by Jemimah Osunde. I love how the daughter is so atypical and non-challant about many things. It’s different from the usual “Ble-Ble” (A Cry for Help) kind of daughter that is the saint of daughterliness. Jemimah fits perfectly into the role and is able to find a fine balance between being real and loving her mother.
The story behind Stellar is easy to follow and pleasant to watch, and it’s hard to discern which was a bigger win in the film – the writing or the performances. Every actor in this movie, including the complimentary oyibo, was a natural from scene to scene.
By the end of the movie, we are not really sure what the moral of the story is (Nigerian men are allowed to stick their tongue into their ex’s mouths as long as they always return home to their girl????) … but we are just going to let that one slide in the name of story.
Onye Egwu
No Way Through
Got three things to say abt this movie, 1. Chioma akpotha is a phenomial actress, 2.the directing, story performance and chemistry btw d actors was on point and lastly your review is vry objective. Gracia’s!