Small Chops
1. Massive cast- Chika Ike, Nkem Owoh, Toyin Abraham, Nse Nkpe Etim, Eucharia Anuobi and some more! Enough to entice you into buying a ticket.
2. It tries to make a case against women harassment even in tricky jobs. If a woman doesn’t consent, steer clear.
3. Good advert for some of the nice small holiday islands off the coast of main Lagos.
1. A massive cast with poor directing leads to underwhelming performances. There isn’t much to praise in the directing department
2. Sometimes the point for feminism simply seemed a tad too unreal and rude.
Put a great plot and great directing alongside great names and you’ll come up with something better than this. Fail in one of the aforementioned departments and you’ll get a mediocre result, and that’s what you see here.
An interesting troupe doesn’t always mean an interesting performance. Small Chops casts an interesting list of actors and then underwhelms.
The plot seems like it must’ve been a good idea at conception, the delivery though leaves so much to be desired. If the heaviest theme of the movie is about a dancer making moves in the night club, I suggest that the dancer better know how to dance.
It’s also both a positive and negative how the point for feminism was made. The lead, Chika Ike was making a commendable point against harassment of women by sexual predators and that was great! On the other hand, her character ‘Nikita’ also seemed a tad bit too emotioned in making her case. I guess that can be explained with the fact that ‘Nikita’ was abused severally by her uncle when she was much younger. We’ll let you be the judge of it when you see it.
Big names won’t save you.
Save for a few scenes of solid acting especially by Max Cavenham, none of the other actors brought their A-game. And it’s sad because these are all massive names that would usually put in a memorable performance. Perhaps it was the roles they played, but it’s hard to see this movie hitting the heights of recent Nollywood blockbusters. Godspeed to the producers though.
Star Performer- Max Cavenham
Hardly put a foot wrong. A very right choice for the role he played. It’s only a pity the plot wasn’t A-great enough for the talent he showed. Hopefully we’ll see more of him on our Nollywood screens.
Can-do-better Performer- Afeez Oyetoro (Saka)
Was brought into the cast to bring humour along with Nkem Owoh but both legends actually underwhelm. His humour here was just amateur and nothing to laugh about. His antecedents means he set a high bar for himself and he doesn’t even scratch that bar with this performance.
