Review Criteria

It has come to my attention that people do not understand my criteria for reviewing movies. I must say categorically that Nollywood are like babies when it comes to movies. If I were to look at everything in a movie that I consider wrong, then possibly non of the movies would pass or just a few. I keep saying that I am not looking at little things that can be worked on, but on what I consider major issues. Nollywood has to grow and as such I review movies as if dealing with babies. For those who know me, I am fastidious and I believe a lot of Nollywood movies especially the ones we watch on TV have no place in the industry, but we must grow and a child does not just grow in a day. A child crawls, walks and then develops, so is our industry.

In the light of this, these are the basic criteria I use to review all my movies:

• THE SCRIPT & STORY LINE
• THE CAST AND HOW THEY CARRY THE STORY LINE ALONG, INCLUDING DICTION
• PICTURE QUALITY
• SOUND
• OVERALL AMBIANCE & PERFORMANCE

In some movies I have reviewed, some of these things might have been wrong but not to the extent of affecting overall performance, so I let it go but still indicate the movie was not perfect, whereas in others, they are so obvious, I have to deduct points.

I started these reviews on my own without being forced into it. I seek views of people who watch the movie before writing my reviews. My reviews are to the best of what I have seen. 

IT PAINS ME THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE INDUSTRY GROW AND ARE NOT BOLD ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE WHAT I SAY ABOUT FILMS AND HAVE BEGAN TO CHALLENGE MY INTEGRITY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WRITE A COMMENT AS LONG AS IT IS NOT ABUSIVE. I WOULD READ IT AND RESPOND. WHO KNOWS, I MAY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE AND IF I THINK I HAVE, I WOULD RE-REVIEW

If there is a Q & A session, I would in my review consider and raise any issues that have been raised. Let us work together to get the best of Nollywood. Please I am not claiming to be perfect, challenge my reviews!!