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Review- Mom's at War (2018)

In all honesty, when I first saw the trailer for Moms at War, I rolled my eyes intensely at the fact that I was going to sit through almost two hours of another terrible Nollywood comedy but I was wrong. The Omoni Oboli film focused on two moms,  Eberechi Ubosi (Omoni Oboli)  & Olaide Adetola (Funke Akindele) whose kids were fighting for a spot in the World's Scholar's Program which would earn them a scholarship in a prestigious university. These two moms hate each other and it's left to them to keep their differences aside for the sake of their children. I'm not going to pretend that this story isn't something a lot of us have seen at least once, the only difference is that it had an almost perfect execution. The cast, which consisted of Yul Edochie, Sharon Ooja, Eucharia Anunobi, Alvin Abayomi and Bukola Oladipupo all did really well. Although, I didn't particularly like Abayomi as Bayo. He looked too much like a grown man unlike Oladipupo who fit into her role. The chemistry between Akindele and Oboli was very evident in each scene, they were perfect together.
I've seen most of Oboli's films and I never truly loved any of them but Moms at War was different. It had the right amount of humor and nothing felt forced. The story is also very relatable and it didn't stop at just the "scholarship program" plot. There were other subplots that included adultery, friendship and love. There were a few scenes that were very questionable and unnecessary especially the Fitness Connection scene with Denrele. It didn't make a lot of sense to me and I thought it was unrealistic. I still think it's Oboli's best work yet. It didn't drag and it was pretty straight forward. Even with it's few issues, I found Moms at War a good enough Comedy to make my hope for Nollywood go from 0 to 50.


 RATING 7/10
DIRECTOR Omoni Oboli
STARRING Omoni Oboli, Funke Akindele, Alvin Abayomi, Bukola Oladipupo, Yul Edochie Eucharia Anunobi
RELEASE DATE August 17, 2018
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