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Movie Review - Banana Island Ghost


Sundays are for movies...

Truth be told, there was nothing fascinating about this movie from the trailer. It had just seemed like one of those fickle comedies.

No doubt, Nollywood is upping the ante in movies but when juxtaposed with foreign movies in stories and delivery, ehh...we are still behind. 


So, my sister calls me up and enthuses about how I would love Banana Island Ghost and I scrounged my face even though she couldn't see me and asked, "Why do you think I'd love it?"

She goes, "Oh, it's funny. It has everything you like, you know, plus size girl and all!"

I was sold at 'plus size girl'. As a writer of plus size fiction -(https://Okadabooks.com/user/Ememjamesbassey), I appreciate bold ladies being given lead roles. So, I promised I'd see the movie. 

A few days later, I read a review of the movie on twitter and the tweet had absolutely nothing good to say about it. Tweeting a reply, I reserved judgement until I saw the movie. 

I have just seen the movie...

And I have mixed feelings. I laughed, it was humorous. I caught feelings because it had some deep scenes. The acting wasn't 'wow' but it could pass for average and the story...

Well,  the story had lots of holes in it. Maybe, I noticed the holes because I saw the movie with a writer's eye, but there were character inconsistencies everywhere. 

The movie is a mix of so many genres. Was it supposed to be a Romcom (romantic comedy)? It should've been since 'soul-mate' had been mentioned and it was the sole -pun intended- reason the 'Ghost' existed at 'Banana Island'. But then nothing romantic happened. 

Was it supposed to be an Action Comedy? It was, in that regard, I commend the makers of the movie, the graphics and fight scenes were awesome. 

But the lead female had a lot of inconsistencies. It was a volatile mix of a lady determined to save her father's house who was dumb as a kid and couldn't graduate in time and then ended up in prison for pick-pocketing but works at a big multi-National company even though she also works as a flyer distributing mascot all in a bid to pay the bank 18million naira in 3days. 

Quite exhausting and highly impossible in Nigeria. 

At one point, she sang elegantly on stage, but previously, at her house, she sang like an illiterate market woman; that didn't prepare me at all for when she sang on stage. In fact, I feared she would go sing the local stuff from her room on stage. 

I expected more from the movie. I expected more for the female lead, I didn't like the perception that she was dumb, though some scenes played her smart which - inconsistencies. 

Overall, the movie had tiny bursts of awesome at intervals. All I'm saying is, Banana Island Ghost could've been better. It could've been an overall awesome movie instead of having epileptic brilliance in some scenes. I recommend this movie for action comedy lovers and less analytic persons. 

Okay, lovelies, on to the next one! 😉

Emem Bassey 😘♥️




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