Starring: Ini Edo, Kenneth Okolie, Arinze Okonkwo, Genny Uzoma
Synopsis:
A devoted mother is distraught when her son is kidnapped and she reconciles with his father in an effort to find him.
Review:
For years, Romila (Ini Edo), a beautiful businesswoman, tried to bury her feelings for her son’s father. When they split eleven years ago, Michael (Kenneth Okolie) was unaware that she gave birth to his son and he later became engaged to someone else.
A potential business deal created an opportunity for them to reconnect but the kidnapping of Romila’s son put business on back burner. Grief forged communication and Romila finally admitted paternity of her son. With the shared responsibility of trying to get the boy back, the former couple embarked on a road to reconciliation.
Let’s Talk. This drama deals with suppressed feelings. It’s true that ignoring true feelings can be easier than confronting them while children, on the other hand, tend to be brutally honest about what they feel. Here, a young boy served as a catalyst for truth and the evolvement of his parents.
Sheltered feelings not only dictated the characters actions, it also steered the story. The movie had a tendency to feel dreary at times but each scene sought to dissect concealed turmoil.
Ini Edo played Romila. She yelled quite a bit of her dialogue thanks to a number of verbal blowups. It’s understandable that her conflicted feelings toward her ex-boyfriend were compounded with devastation of her missing child, but better direction would have found other ways to express grief.
Kenneth Okolie’s character brought another layer of conflict as he was caught between the dilemma of a life with his fiancé or raising his son with an ex-girlfriend.
Casting was on point for the most part. Ini and Kenneth Okolie are good-looking people that made an attractive couple. It was a treat to see them on screen together but it would have been a smoking hot movie if there was more passion between them.
Audio and video sufficed. Kenneth Okolie’s name was spelled wrong in the opening credits – a huge error that reflects amateurism.
At the end of the day the journey of breaking down walls to exhume love was a worthy idea but that’s the only thing that made “The Reconciliation” tolerable – the idea. Check it out if you’re an Ini Edo or Kenneth Okolie fan. RECOMMEND
- Rated: Not Rated
- Genre: Drama
- Release Date: 2017
- Directed by: Pascal Amanfo
- Starring: Pascal Amanfo, Ikenna Okereke, Genny Uzoma, Stephen Damian, Cheryl-Ann Amachre, Arinze Okonkwo, Kenneth Okolie, Ini Edo
- Written by: Chisom Juliet Okereke
- Studio: ROK Studios, Divine Touch Productions
- Country: Nigeria
As mentioned in the comment it could have done without all of the screaming and had some romance.
What I like most about the movie is Michael could feel Romila’s pain and it was evident when he would put his arms around her. Also, when his girlfriend would argue with him about Romila. He defended her at every level.
I just wished Romila had not worked so hard to suppress her feelings toward Michael.
Hi Brenda, yes, this movie was ok. Romila suppressing her feelings was what the movie was about. I don’t even remember how this one ended, I’ve seen so many movies since then, but I think they got back together. All the best to you.
The movie ended with Michael breaking off the wedding with Dinah. He went to Romila’s house to tell her she was his one true love and asked her to marry him and she said yes. The son says everybody was happy. I wished they would have should Michael and Romila married with more romantic scenes or maybe had a part two where Dinah trying to get him back.
Hi Brenda, Yes, I remember the end now. Thanks for sharing. Nollywood loves sequels so maybe there’s one out there already. Who knows. I wouldn’t mind seeing Ini and Kenneth as a couple again.