Call of My Life

Call of my life is a love letter to craft, undone slightly by the love story itself. I remember seeing a tweet describing this movie as cringe, and I thought to myself: "Isn't that the foundation of every good or bad romance, every romcom worth its salt?" I hate to say…

FauxNun

i think i should start by saying i’m team kalu and it’s a shame we didn’t get to see much backstory exploration there. my favorite thing about this film has to be the visuals. eli’s costume design was literally pushed to our faces to remind us that she’s “whimsical” and i…

adesewa

There's a meet cute scene in here that attempts to draw you into its dialogical intelligence and accidental wit, not unlike the plays of Oscar Wilde or David Mamet. It's neither impassive nor fraught with benign direction — one may very well be inclined to call it decent…

Kaufman

“I watched you run to me” This is a really interesting film.  I finally saw Call of My Life and I’ve been pretty excited about seeing it. Romcoms or should I say, Nigerian Romcoms in modern times haven’t been exactly great, with a few exceptions in the 2010s and some in…

Barney!

"I enjoy you, I love doing things with you" Look, my friend and I just left the cinema and we're still so impressed at how good it was! For me to enjoy a romcom, there are a couple of things I look out for: the dialogue, the characters and the music. It's safe to say Call…

riian

Uzoamaka Power is wildly talented! And so is Dammy Twitch. Hollywood keeps talking about bringing back colorful films. Someone tell them to check out Nollywood. The colors in this were so bright and vivid. I loved every frame. The writing was also really great. All in…

Ifunanya 🫧

every other part of this film is great, except the romance between the main leads, which is odd.  it felt like they were saying words and i didn’t see any of what was being said. ironic considering they made sure we knew how important being seen and heard was important to…

ranemuze

I love how bright and colorful this film is. It made me laugh out loud so much even though it was a little corny, but we do need more of that in Nigerian cinema.

Livvie

i had SO much fun with this. love love loved it! any critiques i did have were overshadowed by how funny and touching the writing and acting was. i really fell in love w pretty much every character and that’s rare! what a gem

iamsarian