I love the chemistry between Timini Egbuson and Bimbo Ademoye. This, permit me to say, is another beautiful love story between these two from the stable of Biodun Stephen. The first, being the funny and emotional Breaded Life.
Big Love, like its name is a story of love in its purest form. A love that defies all odds. A (one sided) love that holds firm in the face of adversity, meddling family members and single parenthood. Although, the entire premise looked cheesy as the story went on, but they never deviated from the theme.
Adil is a wealthy young man who hopelessly falls in love with Adina (what’s with the rhyming names?), a single mother he met at a training camp, who he had a crush on since they were in school. He tries his possible best to love her like life itself, including claiming her three old son as his. But she claims that her involvement is a temporary escape from her reality as she is saddled with raising a child with no input from his deadbeat father who is insisting, even to the last scene that he is not the father.
But love wins. It always does.
I love Bimbo Ademoye. I mean, she is a genius when it comes to her craft. But I think that her acting in this movie is not giving. It is too rigid and it falls flat in some places. When she eventually gets into the act, it felt like she was overacting. Timini has really grown from the spoilt overgrown baby that was stuck in an elevator with a very pregnant Toyin Abraham in that other movie. He carried this movie with all his heart, and it is really refreshing to see him drop the ‘bad boy’ persona and just be swept away in the wave of love for once. There is something missing in the movie, and I am yet to place my hands on it.
Maybe it is the fact that Adil is willing to move mountains for Adina, and he did. But she refuses to cross a puddle for him. Love is not supposed to be that hard. And the character of her son’s father… when did they encounter themselves? They didn’t give any explanation other than the fact that it was a one night stand that produced the child. And the paternity of the child is not resolved at the end of the movie. I don’t understand…
Maybe we should just leave some things for the sake of peace.
But being a hopeless romantic, I didn’t mind. Especially in the montage of Adil and Adina trying to get some work done and also writing love notes. It warmed my heart. Another thing that made me all chummy is the lines. Especially Adil’s. I also especially like the scene where Adil’s mother is singing to her grandson. It was beautiful.
Jaiye Kuti and Shaffy Bello as the mother and aunt… beautiful, beautiful women! I believe that they were sisters in their past life, because I was living for their on screen chemistry.
Starring Timini Egbuson, Bimbo Ademoye, Jaiye Kuti, Shaffy Bello, Kalu Ikeagwu, Adekanla ‘Deza the Great’ Desalu, Seyi Awolowo, Teniola Aladese, Adediwura Gold.
See Big Love. If you are in love. See Big Love. If you have given up on love. See Big Love. If you want your faith in love renewed. Just see Big Love.
6 Stars.
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