#Miss bimbo review movie

Perhaps the most pertinent example is how pronouncing of the word ‘thief’ changes over time.

#Miss bimbo review movie

Not to mention how the movie does well to give us a Sunmi who’s both developed and still not a shadow of his older self.

There’s Lateef Adedimeji as Jugunu, whose role does well to offer a reminder of his on-screen performances beyond a growing trend of playing a lackey/associate who speaks half-hearted Yoruba. There’s Bisola Aiyeola as Agi, a role played with such realness and incredible believability. Not that Bimbo Ademoye is the only actor that illuminates this film. It’s all real, and you don’t just see it, you witness it. The undeniable exasperation, and the unmissable sense of fright. The visible surprise, the genuine show of affection. But it’s not just in her speech and words. It’s the case in Breaded Life, as her role as the bread seller who speaks not-so-fluent Yoruba lights up the movie. Only the physical appearance makes you recognise that it’s Ademoye playing those different roles. When speaking to Sodas and Popcorn, director Biodun Stephen spoke of being impressed by Ademoye’s willingness to employ a dialect coach and look and sound the part – evidence of which lies in films like Dear Affy, and Nneka the Pretty Serpent. In that lonesome and seemingly defeatist quest, Sunmi encounter a bread seller, played by Bimbo Ademoye, arguably the star of this film. It’s that he basically doesn’t exist, and has to make a living for himself. It’s not like he’s pushed out to make a living for himself. Suddenly, Sunmi’s family members and friends don’t remember him anymore. Instead, this movie employs something of a mystery to it. It’s not about bad behaviour gone too far, or one outrageous argument too many. Sunmi’s life getting shot into a different direction isn’t the run-of-the-mill riches-to-rag story. But the credit with this pic is how it sells that. Again, Breaded Life relies on a rich kid having his life turned upside down.

Lateef Adedimeji also features, as do Nkechi Blessing Sunday and MC Lively. But that’s probably as far as Breaded Life goes in terms of using stereotypes, and as Egbuson would display, the use of the lead character is so much than that.īreaded Life also stars Bimbo Ademoye, Bisola Aiyeola, as well as Tina Mba. From the looks of it, this movie is ticking the boxes of cliche.

But Breaded Life still walks that line, and to its credit, it presents a unique form of doing so.īreaded Life is a movie directed by Biodun Stephen, and stars Timini Egbuson ( Ponzi, Elevator Baby) as – stop me if you’ve seen what’s coming next before – a spoilt rich kid (Sunmi) who has a chip on his shoulder (although we never really get to see what that chip is). The use of that trope in film is heavily cliched (see Up North, for instance, as well as Lara and the Beat), and as such you wonder whether movies of that ilk should happen again. The point of using working class as bearings and epitomes of responsibility while they remain exploited is a wearisome message. Movies – and art in general – of spoilt rich kids being forced to live as members of the working class to learn responsibility are as tiring as they’re in abundance.