Miss Fashion/Fashion Parade

From the name I should have stayed away. But on the recommendation of somebody whose ass I will kick when next I see them, I decided to watch this movie, expecting to laugh a lot. Some parts of this movie were amusing, but overall, I found myself staring at the screen waiting for one scene to end, wondering why I was still watching it.
 

The movie recycled most of the cast of Blackberry Babes – Mary Remmy, Oge Okoye, Tonto Dike, Eniola Badmus and Muna Obiekwe – and gave them roles similar to the ones they played in the first movie. The other notable actress was Chike Ike. She yelled and fought her way through this movie and I just wanted to make a soothing cup of tea to calm her down and then enroll her in anger management classes.

As far as I can tell, the movie is about the Miss Fashion competition which Tonto’s character had won before the start of the movie. However, the competition itself doesn’t happen until Fashion Parade 1 or 2 which means that for the 2 or 3 hours before, the movie consisted of these women plotting, forming and fighting amongst themselves for men and “designer” clothes. It is difficult to tell who the lead actress of this movie so I will go with Tonto, Oge and Chike. There were like 3 guys in the entire movie so clearly Muna takes the lead actor position.

The movie is pretty much Blackberry Babes meets Fulton Mansion and it might have been funnier to me if I hadn’t seen either. It has its moments but overall it fell short and the end was not in any way useful or gratifying. Fashion competition ends, movie ends. The acting wasn’t bad considering what they had to work with. Like I said, the characters are similar to the ones many of them have played before. [On a side note, can they please stop casting Tonto and Oge as university students? I’m not sure if they were supposed to be in this movie but they have been before and personally I’m not buying it. I’m interested in seeing Damaged, Tonto’s new movie to see the kind of role she plays. Hopefully, she tries a more challenging role.] 

I sincerely hope that Nollywood writers are not going to make these kinds of movies again, or at least add a little bit of substance to them if they are. I understand they’re supposed to be light hearted fare purely for entertainment. I am not expecting a life lesson but I don’t want to feel like I’ve just wasted my life by the time I’m done. Cut characters, cut scenes, tighten the dialogue and for the love of all things watchable tell better stories.

That is all.

(For some reason, I was unable to find a big enough poster picture, so I used some movie stills some lovely individuals on the internet have done.)