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  Omoooorrrr, this movie deserves all the awards in the world, because it is a beautiful work of art. It's beautiful in all ramifications. I don't think I have seen any Nollywood movie well executed like this. Amazing storyline. Beautiful directing and acting. Great suspense and twists. The cast were too notch. Chimezie was amazing as usual. He can not act no wrong in my eyes. Same as Genoveva.  She is a brilliant actress. San Dede? Oh my days! Nzeribe, even with the few scenes nailed his role. This is the best of Adedoyin I have seen. He gave this movie his all, even more than he did in King of Boys. Wole Ojo is exceptional. Eku Edewor produced it and I am in awe. This is amazing. I cried and cried. And cried so more. I give it a 10/10.

  One of the things I noticed first about this movie was the creativity of the writer.  Very creatively crazy person. He or she has a very wild and wide mind. The twists and turns were really commendable. For one, I loved how both camps made Jolaade their mole. It's crazy. Casting was beautiful. Some acts will and can never do wrong in my eyes. People like Chioma and Chidi. Great acting. Funke was Funke. Nothing new or bad. Just there. Seun is good too but I feel like he didn't do too well here. I love how Ikechukwu has diverted to acting totally. He is Sha trying. Jnr Pope did great too. Acting was great to a commendable extent. Directing was beautiful too. Inkblot dey try when they want to. Story was a masterpiece. I'd give it a 7/10.

  If you remember how I mentioned from the beginning that the series had a lot of errors that just didn't cut it for me. But the episode 10 made up for a whole lot. Although, it had its flaws, it was a beautiful ending for the series. The writer is like mem this is how I write sometimes. Just want to rush to the end where the beauty of the movie is. I love how Maje lost both women. I would have preferred he ended up with Yaga but I don't understand the crave for Kate. I commented on the producer's IG post that we don't need a sequel. It's not necessary. Let all of us rest with this one. But I see her commenting like there'd be a sequel as she left a lot of things and characters open. Characters like Selense and Sapele water. In all, Slum King is just there as a series but I'd pick it over series like Wura. Y'all need to start giving Tobi his flowers. He is too good!!!

  It started beautifully, no doubt about that. The beginning was engaging, howbeit, chaotic, which is understandable. My wahala started with that scene Jidekene and his people threw that litted bottle. I expected a boom of fire.  I didn't get that. Then they now showed fire burning people. And I am like 🙄🙄🙄🙄 For someone who served in Bayelsa state, I can't speak one word of it. But I enjoyed how the non- South South cast spoke the Ijaw language well. They got the accent and all. So how did Bimbo Manuel know that the guy that he was looking for was going to be at the market buying something? It didn't make sense. The guy sef spent years picking money on the floor  How in God's name did that shop start moving? How?  Why is Jidekene still with his igbo accent? What is Nna doing in his vocabulary? Y'all don't work with these actors to learn and unlearn.  That Oyin epistle about the python God is crap. Having another action going on at the same time just ruined t...

  Not your perfect movie. But still entertaining.  I think it would have botched if it wasn't a true life story.  And the fact that it was a true life story really didn't give it that flair that it should have. Don't be excited. Don't have expectations. Just watch for watching sakes. PS: The Yoruba language is beautiful.

  I just finished seeing the first episode of this movie, and by Jove, I am going to watch it till the last scene. I am thrilled. I am impressed. In fact, super impressed. The fact that it wasn't directed or produced by your usual A list movie people says a lot about this movie.  The producer is obviously concerned with making a real movie, telling a story in the most enjoyable way, and not about making Numbers or making money. Except for when Inspector Oscar used the 2023 trending slang "if you don't get it, forget about it" in a 1991-set movie, I found no faults with the movie, yet. As someone who attended a boarding school, I could relate with a lot of things happening in the movie. In fact, the director did a good job, not by only using an actual boarding school, but making sure that the feel of it was evident everywhere. See the boy's hostel, very real. That's what I am talking about!!! Casting is beautiful. Except for that Lashe character. I don't fe...

  It's another story of Nollywood having a nice story and using mid directing, production and acting water it down. Everyone just slept on this movie. The actors  The directors. Everybody. At some point, background noise from the movie in one or two scenes wanted to finish my ears. The badboys didn't badboy oooo. Wo, you can watch it Sha just for watching sakes.

  I saw the trailer and I was gobsmacked, like "ha, this is going to be amazing ooo". I saw Tobi Bakare, Hermes, Olarotimi Fakunle, Gideon Okeke and Bolaji Ogunmola, and I thought for a second that this series would make sense. Dem suppose bite the producer (who actually produced Shanty Town), the director (who directed Wura series) and the script writer. Very shallow storyline. Directing is worse I have seen in a long time. No character development. Some Acting be like say make I slap the actors. Even Tobi didn't deliver at all. I am stopping at episode 3 as I am not intrigued to continue. The only reason I might want to continue is just to see where it all ends. 

  While this movie tried not to be your regular Nollywood Romantic movie, I still got annoyed at some small small mistakes that I saw. Inkblot is too big for some mistakes that were present in this movie. Overall, Big Love is nice. It's a movie that would take you through a rollercoaster of emotions. The beginning was quite not it.  Most of the dialogues got me rolling my eyes, like warahell. Casting was great. Storyline was amazing Directing wasn't coordinated. There were scenes that looked rushed and scattered. PS - VJ Adams should just leave Bimbo for Timini. Their chemistry is mind-blowing. Timini had grown as an actor. And it's great to see. Aunty Shaffy is great, as always. Overall, I'd give it an 8/10.

  Ahn ahn, wait now??? How long did he run wey nightfall meet him still running? Ki lo de? It's not realistic jor. There was no point he even looked back to see if the person chasing him was following him? Abegi. The opening scenes were just anyhow. Too anyhow.  That woman telling Tales by Campfire light was unnecessary.  Anyway, Ijogbon is that imperfect movie that you just want to watch anyway. It's not perfect but it's there. They need to stop casting this BBN Dorathy at this point. She is a terrible actress. Sam Dede speaking Yoruba is Sweet. That man is a very dynamic actor. He is so good at this acting thing. It's just like Kunle Afolayan didn't know what to do with his money and time.  Overall,  it's 4/10 for me.