Memoirs of 4 follows Teni (Adesua Etomi), Mariam (Linda Ejiofor), Sholape (Keira Hewatch) and Chika (Christine Godfrey) as they try to balance their friendship and relationships while struggling with the pressures from the society. I never saw a trailer or any form of promotion for Memoirs of 4 but I decided to see it anyways and to be very honest, I was completely disappointed. Etomi, Ejiofor and Hewatch did well with their roles but even their acting couldn’t bring life to this film. The acting from some of the cast members looked forced and the cinematography was a bit poor. The sound was terrible because it kept going off almost after every sentence. The entire film lasted 2 hours but it felt way longer than that mostly due to the fact that they had a lot of unnecessary scenes with a some of them being longer than they should be.
It also had a very horrible flow. It’s like they jumped from A to G then C and back to A. A lot of these scenes were very unrealistic and confusing. The character development was one of the worst things about this film and the time jumps didn’t make it better. It’s not just about throwing in a few popular faces into a film, the story, cinematography and the general flow of the film plays a huge role in making a film worth watching. Unfortunately, this is one film that failed to deliver in a lot of ways.
SCREENPLAY Arinola Odumayo
DIRECTOR Alex Mouth
DIRECTOR Alex Mouth
STARRING Adesua Etomi, Linda Ejiofor, Blossom Chukujekwu, Keira Hewatch
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