ABOUT THE MOVIE(may contain spoilers) đ¨
Chioma (BamBam Olawunmi Adenibuyan) is a working class lady who is ambitious and holds a philosophy to be self-sufficient/independent come what may. Sheâs under pressure from her mother to get married. Sheâs also under immense stress from her ever demanding boss whoâs mean to her.
On the other hand is Obiora (Uzor Arukwe), a billionaire from the East who has been selective of the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. The duo would cross paths, and the rest of the movie sees life changing events leading to some core decisions being revisited.
MY THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS
Straight up, this movie had a very weak start! Why take off from a scene that wasnât a source of suspense for the story only to catch up & repeat the same two scenes after?
Although the picture quality and sound in this movie were cool, for me, however, I didnât get into the rhythm of the story until after about 1 hour plus in or so. Even then still, there wasnât anything spectacular for a wow effect or a feel-good feeling ingredient that a romance movie should have.
To be brutally honest, the only thing that did it for me was getting to know the reason for the female leadâs fears, doubts, and worries, and this was like in the pen ultimate scene! That was super spot on to make for an amazing trauma story. I just wish they had built more on this rather than on an unrealistic love theme, which by the way is heavily recycled; one weâve seen a thousand times over!
Bambam is a beautiful woman with a stunning, gorgeous appearance and has what this generation would consider a âbanging bodyâ. However, Iâve really never felt a connection with her role interpretation.
Sheâs calm! Not an iota of doubt about that but this for me, often doesnât tally with her character type as it seems like sheâs holding back on something. I find her facial expressions to be always the same for nearly all roles and not in tandem with expectations as per role delivery. And then something about her speech mannerisms is often depicting of someone reciting lines for a kindergarten; more like counting her words (probably to play safe and not make mistakes). No offense!
While the director and/or producer appeared to have had just one mission in mind which is to give viewers maximum premium kiaaing scenes which were rather far-fetched, seemingly forced and awkwardly bizarre and also to establish a female character, feminine in every way, they however lost track on setting off the right tone and chemistry leading up to all that.
The first kissing scene was outrightly unnecessary after a first date!
Uzor Arukwe pulled his weight massively in this. No question about that. To me, he was the clickbait & fishing hook for this movie. But just how much more can he get typecasted into this stereotypical illiterate billionaire businessman with a strong Igbotic accent role?
Who buys a complex just to get a ladyâs phone number when he could have gotten it from whoever told him where she worked? Letâs not even talk about the $17k-ish worth of jewelry just to prove that heâs ready to spend on his âonyĂŠ nwem!â So, we could as well say Chiomaâs love was bought, right? Now, is that true love?
I appreciate how much self-control Obiora displayed even when Chioma kept leading him on for sex right from their very first date. This then contradicts some other points for how Obiora perceived Chioma.
Actress Thelma Chukwu, who played Chiomaâs mother, seemed to have only had a cameo role as we only saw her once. Although I loved the on-screen bond she shared with Chioma (in fact I couldnât get enough of that scene), I was however hoping to see them in a family house type of setting during Chiomaâs supposed sisterâs marriage. That never happened! Instead, we saw Chioma and her sister (who didnât look like a bride to begin with) outside, and then next thing, we see a slo-mo walk-in of a billionaire with Chioma drool Was that supposed to be a âlove at first sightâ thingy? It didnât fly for me!
Now, letâs talk about Chiomaâs boss! First, the acting from her was below standard and were as unrealistic as unrealistic can be. They made us believe sheâs a bag of trouble, rude and feared by all staff, yet at the sound of an ogene group singing outside, Chioma with the speed of light flies out on her boss who was still standing in front of her! So, all the bossiness felt childish.
Furthermore, who calls their staff that late in the night? Okay, now, Obiora tells her off, and the next morning, Chioma still goes back to the same job?
See! There were lots of inconsistencies in this movie.
With a perfume side hustle business that pays a profit of 1.8 million naira after tax monthly, Chioma still works for a condescending boss. Please make it make sense! Besides, what kind of perfume business fetches that much money? They didnât tell us.
We only heard she sells perfume on the side. Oh, I see! She became incapacitated by a N5 million somewhat scamâŚbut come on. How does that add up? She was being paid about 3 quarter of a million naira monthly for that many years, she mentioned!
Uzor Arukwe, in trying to maintain the character, he experienced a fluctuation in his Igbotic accent that on three or more occasions, he sounded even more posh than a Harvard graduate and then occasionally remembers âoops! Iâm supposed to sound Igbotic!â and falls back in sync. Could he have been pretending with the accent, or was that just a flop in role interpretation?
Phew!
I loved seeing Osereme Inegbenebor as Ify (one of Chiomaâs friends). She nailed her role. Love her persona and camera presence. The other friend seemed to have been more passive. I'm not sure why. Sheâs beautiful too!
Conclusively, while this movie may be entertaining for many who have been blĂświng off the roof with sirenes of âwows!â and blushes of âawwwsâ I do not see exactly how this is different from a million and one other Nollywood movies on YouTube by a thousand and one other producers as well as this same producer. Letâs just say this has successfully made it to the top in the category for the award of the most overhyped movie of 2025 so far.
Now, this is the exact reason these producers are not relenting anytime soon on giving us heavily regurgitated love stories! Just put a peopleâs favorite actor and/or a lady with a massive behind (whether natural or not) having a pretty face, pour in sprinkles of love talks with a plot of a stranded, desperate, pressured damsel in distress and a knight in shiny armour to her rescue and then BOOM! Watch your numbers skyrocket to high heavens.
This movie could be for you! But sadly, it really didnât do it for me. Not a bad one in its entirety but definitely not a great watch from where I stand! It started weak, continued ever so slowly and finished in the most cliche manner ever; lacking of creativity instead creating false narratives for some ladies who may seem to be unable to detach movies from reality. Not very compelling, it was bereft of believability.
Everyoneâs entitled to their opinion, so hereâs mine! Until next time...BYE!
