Deceptive Hearts

Deceptive Hearts

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Nigerian Movie Review
Deceptive Hearts ~ 2010
Story/ Screenplay – Not credited
Director – Prince Emeka Ani
Producer – Joseph Okoro

Starring:
Juliet Ibrahim – Clara
Emeka Ike – Desmond
Ebube Nwagbo – Bella
Joseph Okoro – Chief Frederick
Rita Edochie – Carol
Kingsley Ikpirima – Mike
Larry Zuka – Pascal
Chizoba Osakwe – Sandra
Agatha Karachi Amocha – Jane

Themes:
Materialism in Nollywood
Infidelity in Nollywood
Double Standards in Nollywood

My Rating – 36%

The story revolves around Clara’s deceptive exploits with the two main men in her life, Desmond and Chief Frederick. Desmond is her jobless boyfriend and Chief Frederick is the one that funds her extravagant lifestyle. She has been advised by Jane to drop one of them before the situation gets out of hand but she insists that she needs both men to survive. Nigerian Movie

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The opening scene set the tone for the movie. It was dreadful. We see Clara and Desmond having an argument. The sound is screechy and way too loud. It was watching like a kid’s school play first rehearsal, and they had the nerve to put this mess out. Wow!

Double Standards in Nollywood

“Have you been faithful to me all this time?” a married Chief Frederick asks Clara. I have NEVER understood how any married person can expect the one that they are cheating with to be faithful to them. HUH? Are you faithful? What an audacity! Of course Clara doesn’t want to lose the financial security she gets from the relationship and so lies but then mutters to herself after he leaves the room, “Idiot you want me to be faithful to you. Are you faithful to your wife? She never said a truer word.

Realism in Nigerian Movies

Chief Frederick is such an idiot. When his wife catches his after coming home early when he is sleeping with Clara instead of leaving the music at full volume like it was when she came in the house. He turns it down. How is that realistic and then when the wife walks into the room he pretends that he is lying down ill and hasn’t moved.

Why does Jane have Bella living in her house? She is not a relative and they are supposedly “friends” but is this how a friends is supposed to treat another? All we see is Bella kissing her teeth, abusing and dismissing Jane. Jane also disagrees vehemently against Bella and Clara’s morally bankrupt lifestyle, so why have her there I ask again?

I didn’t understand what Desmond’s friend’s motive was for exposing Clara. If he cared about Desmond as a friend as he told Chief that he did then why would he give Chief his picture so that he could be dealt with? Why wouldn’t he give his Desmond Chief’s picture?
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Juliet Ibrahim is horrible in this movie. I’ve seen movies where she is watchable but this whole movie she was cringe worthy. From her facial expressions, body language to her speech it all screamed FAKE FAKE FAKE! Ebube Nwagbo is a natural and so perhaps showed her up more than say if she had been next to an actress of her ilk, say like Biola Ige.
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The moral of the story is that is you lead a reckless lifestyle it will inevitably lead to your downfall. I would not recommend the movie. Juliet Ibrahim in a lead role is not one that you want to take a chance with. She is not an actress that can carry a whole movie. The storyline was poor and not well thought out. The ending was rushed and the film didn’t feel finished. You’d be best to not waste ya money.