Breath Of Love

Nollywood Nigerian Movie Review

Breath Of Love ~ 2010 (Continuation Series Of Love)
Story – Stanley Ebonine
Screenplay – Ruth Kadiri
Director – Nonso Emekaekwe
Producer – Uchenna Ivo
Pressing Forward Productions

Starring:
Ramsey Noah – Ahmed
Chika Ike – Gracie
Halima Abubakar – Mona
Chigozie Atuanya- Bright
Vincent Opurum – Idris
Ruth Kadiri – Ella
David McKenze – Alhaji Bello
Joshua Johnson – Rev Emma
Patience Oseni – Ahjiyah
Sophia Muhammed – Zainab
Richard Amechi – Judge

Themes:
Religion
Friendship
Jealousy
Prejudice

My Rating – 55%

Ahmed, played by Ramsey Noah meets Gracie, played by Chika Ike one night when she is out drunk on the street after spending the night out by herself at a bar. He comes to her rescue by putting her in his car and taking her home. Their paths happen to collide again, this time at a fast food joint. Ahmed is too scared to approach Gracie as he believes that Bright, played by Chigozie Atuanya is her boyfriend. Once Ahmed does his research and finds out that Bright is in fact just a friend he begins to pursue Gracie relentlessly, however there is a problem he is Muslim and she is Christian.

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Religion
Religion was the main theme in the movie. Ahmed is Muslim and Gracie is Christian. Everybody is supportive of the relationship until it becomes serious to the point where they are talking about marriage. At this stage both family and friends are against the union. If someone of another religion is good enough to be friends with then why not marriage? The movie highlights the obstacles that the couple must undergo as participants in an interfaith relationship.

Jealousy
“How come you have never asked me on a date? Am I not pretty enough?”
Gracie says to Bright one day when they are out on their lunch break from work. Gracie is the one that hooked Ella up with Bright and she is now going ballistic after only the date. Does she fancy him? Because one man is not attracted to you does that make you unattractive? She has never wanted to date him herself so does that make him unattractive? Perhaps she feels like she is losing two friends in one go as they prefer to spend time with each other particularly as they have just started getting to know each other

Nollywood Forever Says WHAT?
Gracie claimed that she did not want Ahmed in her house the night that he drops by unexpectedly, so why then would she leave him in her house like that? There was no differentiation between the scene when she goes out and that of when she returns. If she really didn’t want the guy in her house she would have demanded that he leave. She then makes a cup of coffee in the morning. How are you hospitable to someone that you have ordered out of your house?

Is Gracie supposed to be a lesbian or what? At the beginning of the movie we see a woman in her office approach her and seemingly come onto her. We also see her friends call her a lesbian in jest. At first I thought that she was lusting after Ells because she kept shooting her looks in a funny way when she was parading the her outfit on her first date with Chigozie. Perhaps there was a lesbian storyline that was abandoned? If there wasn’t then why include all those things if that is not what you are hinting towards?
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Stupid Dialogue
Gracie is telling Mona about her first kiss with Ahmed. The whole conversation just sounded rather juvenile and unrealistic to me:

“Talking of the Muslim guy, he kissed me last night.”
“How did it taste?”
“Like strawberries and Irish Cream.”

Some of the scenes are way too long and unnecessary. There is a scene were we see Gracie working from home on her laptop. We watch her typing away and they we watch her fall asleep on the laptop. We DO NOT need to see alla that to get the message. THE GIRL IS A WORKAHOLIC!!! We get it, please don’t insult us with these long drawn out scenes.

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I would recommend the movie should you have nothing better doing. It was watchable and the cast did a good job with what they were working with. Chika Ike and Ramsey Noah both performed adequately separately but put together the chemistry was just not there. I haven’t seen Chika Ike have chemistry with anyone though. She is chemistry-less. Ruth Kadiri was excellent as usual, but wasted in this movie. Chigozie Atuanya too should save his energies for something more worthwhile. Halima brought the comic element as she does, The film went on forever but then still did not end. After these 2 parts is the continuation; SERIES OF LOVE. You will probably want to watch it to find out what happens in the end, but I don’t know if it is really worth watching as it is soooo drawn out with an unsatisfying ending.