This year there were loads of stories with the marriages of some Nollywood stars coming to a halt, due to varying reasons, it seemed like they needed to tell the world part of their story but not in full and well they did with this movie. The funny side or will I say the good side was that both Nollywood stars actually played the key roles in this movie. For the fans and viewers the movie came with mixed feelings as some were sad about their homes breaking up, but others were happy that they were still alive and weren’t killed by physical bartering. The movie Celebrity marriage as the title explained talked about two female Nollywood stars who had to live and endure their marriages despite being beaten and cheated upon.
The producer Uchenna Mbunabo was clear and detailed about his movie, he featured two renowned actresses Tonte Dike and Toyin Abraham who were both married and facing varied challenges in their marriage. The publicity for the movie wasn’t as high as the very big movies, but then they were able to gain traction through referral and word of mouth. The producer and director of the movie had a well thought after story as they had a good blend of a good story and a twist of comedy. The movie kept most people thinking and wondering if this was their exact stories or made up stories as both lead actors had just come out of a broken marriage. Toyin was a very good and faithful wife, who got beaten on several occasions, while Tonte Dike was well taken care of by her husband, but yet still cheated on him with his uncle who supposedly used to be her “sugar daddy” before they got married.
Celebrity Marriage was good and they told a story, the first scene showed Toyin who was a very popular movie star in the movie; she was married but was always being beaten by her husband. Her husband didn’t like the fact that she was always being greeted by strangers each time they went out, he felt that they were always too numerous and up tight with the hugs and pleasantries. He didn’t like it at all. One of the occasions he started beating her up from the car stating that the guy hugged her too tightly and that she forgot she was a married woman. Toyin endured a lot to keep her home in order, on some occasions she was denied going for her awards as her husband didn’t want her to be on the red carpet. The unfortunate thing about this loyal Toyin was that her supposedly saint husband was actually the one cheating on her with one of her crew members and went on to marry her, Toyin dealt with them both. Tonto was the second lead actress who was cheating on her husband and lost him to her friend she brought from the village to assist her, she learnt a bitter less0n as her so called best friend revealed all her secrets to her husband and she saw her home scatter into pieces.
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Cast: Toyin Abraham, Tonte Dike, Odunlade Adekola
Produced By: Uchenna Mbunabo
Casting 1hr 47mins
Genre : Commedy/ Drama
To my verdict I would say Celebrity Marriage deserves an 8/10. The actors and actresses did a very good job in conveying the message properly. The producer also had a well thought out story and plan and the execution was amazing. The storyline, choices of clothes, costumes and make up was also on point making the colors and cinematography really good.
Well I would say I was skeptical initially but it didn’t turn out that bad at all. So I could recommend this to anyone who wants to have a good laugh this Christmas.
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Linda Ochugbua
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