Makate Must Sell

The thing I don’t get about the average nollywood comedy movie is when the decision was made that the only recipe for comedy must include a lack of intelligence. Makate Must Sell is such a forced attempt to wring out any leftover revenue from an overflogged story type.

In the movie, Chioma (played by Chigul) is threatened – by some jobless aunties at a family member’s wedding – to bring a man to the next family wedding… or else? I will do the honorable thing here and not mention the fact that Chioma is a full-fledged self sufficient young lady who has no singular bill being paid for by any of these threatening aunties. I will also continue to be ignorant by not mentioning that if she decides to ignore them and not show up with a man (which we all know is the most likely thing to happen), they will not flog her. Hence, I am not mentioning that the entire premise of this whole movie is a basic waste of time.

What I am mentioning though is that as a comedy this movie is supposed to be funny, yet it’s grossly uncomedic. If you manage to make it past the forced and unnecessarily dragged opening scene, you will realize that the first genuine moment of comedy probably only happens about 30 minutes into this ruckus when Blossom’s character appears and introduces the “chicken bum bum”. Before then, and dare I say after then as well, most of the comedy in this movie is simply unintentional. It’s in the scenes where you watch Toke’s character driving around alone in her fancy car yet waving to a mysterious audience of fans. It’s in the scenes where you watch Toyin and Chioma strut into a wedding venue and wonder what point the writer is trying to make here.

The biggest thing on display in this movie is lacklustre writing and probably utter disrespect for the average Nigerian movie cinema-goer. There is no other way of putting it because one has to really not think his/her audience is intelligent for them to consider this as finished work worthy enough for hardworking individuals to dole out N1500 to go and see. If you still find yourself unfortunate enough to have to sit through this then we send our sincerest condolences. At least there are the occasionally comic scenes from Blossom, Greg and Toyin to tide you over to the end of this one.