She did provide redemption for her craft though in the scene when she came off her high horse and put-on accent and went on her knees to beg Iya Michael to stay on and cater to the guests at the wedding reception. Then she cranked it up to a level that just came across as over-acting. Her wedding planner character drew more than a passing inspiration from similar stereotyped roles in Hollywood movies. ![]() Even though she gave one of the better performances in the movie, Sola Sobowale gave a sometimes over the top performance that just detracted from the brilliance of her talent.Īnother culprit of over acting was Zainab Balogun. The movie also suffered from the curse of over acting. Kanayo would have been more convincing had he been cast as Chief Onwuka. His chant of “Igbo kwenu” at the wedding reception was as unconvincing of a supposed titled Igbo chief as Ali Baba’s clownish act was unconvincing of a wealthy Yoruba oil magnate. But his was more in the sense that he wasn’t convincing as the wealthy Igbo father of the Groom. Richard Mofe-Damijo, as Chief Onwuka, was also a miscast. ![]() And there was also the fact that he seemed relatively too young to be Sola Sobowale’s husband except if she was meant to be portrayed as a cougar Island mama which wasn’t quite the case in the movie. Sure, he managed one or two laughs but his entire shtick appeared to have lost sight of the fact that Chief Coker was billed as an oil magnate and not a clownish uncle. Ali Baba was clearly miscast as Chief Coker. This almost suggested that the movie was banking on being sold more on its stellar cast than on the brilliance of its treatment of its subject theme.Ĭasting wise, the movie made some poor choices. From the parents of the bride and groom, to the wedding couple and right down to bit players and cameos. But soon enough, it loses its grip and descends into silliness, cheap laughs and pointless gags.įirst off, it populates its cast with a roll call of popular faces that could pass for a veritable all-star cast. On the Bride’s side, the bridal train introduces her to the nitty -gritty of marital naughtiness in the form of sexy lingerie whilst her overbearing mum threatens to ruin her special day with a last-minute change of caterer.Īs the movie introduces us to its storyline, it holds up promises of an interesting take on a fairly common Nollywood movie theme. He’s quickly replaced by another disaster-in-waiting as best man. ![]() The movie starts out on the wedding day itself with the Groom and his Groom’s men getting set for the wedding despite a potentially disastrous news of the best man having been in an accident that left him incapacitated post the debauchery of the bachelor’s eve. A prejudice clearly not shared by the patriarchs of both families. It appears to be more of one perceiving the other as being too unpolished to be in their league. Thankfully, tribalism is not at the root of the seeming bad blood between the matriarchs of both families. The Bride’s family is Yoruba and the Groom’s is Igbo. The storyline was pretty much your usual Nollywood fare it’s a high society wedding bringing together two affluent families. I am more of a Star Trek fan.īored out of my mind and against my better judgment, I decided to see The Wedding Party. Rogue one: A Star Wars Story, despite the spectacular battle scenes, was just there except if you are a die-hard Star Wars fan. Underworld: Blood Wars was such a joke that not even the sight of Kate Beckinsale in tight leather could redeem it. Strange in November, there has been no Hollywood theatrical release that has been worth seeing. In trailers of Nollywood movies I have seen during previews, I always get the feeling that an African Magic movie on cable television has been projected onto the big screen. Aside the fact that Nollywood movies usually end up being such disappointments (no matter how hyped they are), there is something about these movies that just seem out of place in a movie theatre. While it promised a few laughs, there was something decidedly Nollywood-ish about it even though it came across as trying too hard to break away from the usual fare served up by Nollywood a post-Nollywood pretention, if you will.Īs a rule, I typically don’t watch Nollyw ood movies at the cinema. Months before its theatrical release, I had seen the official trailer of The Wedding Party during previews at the cinema.
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