{"id":1225,"date":"2021-11-14T12:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T12:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2021-11-14T12:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T12:14:23","slug":"oga-bolaji-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/oga-bolaji-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: Oga Bolaji (2018) is a feel-good work that tugs at your heartstrings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: Oga Bolaji, a happy-go-lucky life of a retired, 40-year-old musician whose life changes drastically forever when he crosses paths with a 7-year-old girl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ikponmwosa Gold as Oga Bolaji<\/li><li>Idowu Philips as Mama Bolaji<\/li><li>Omowumi Dada as Victoria<\/li><li>Gregory Ojefua as Omo<\/li><li>Jasmine Fakunle as Ajua<\/li><li>Ronke Ojo<\/li><li>Officer Woos<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Crew<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Directed by Kayode Kasum<\/li><li>Written by Kayode Kasum and Omo Ojeiwa<\/li><li>Produced by Mayowa Bakare<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Oga-Bolaji-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"Oga Bolaji Movie Review: A 2018 production, now on Netflix\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Oga-Bolaji-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Oga-Bolaji-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Oga-Bolaji-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Oga-Bolaji.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Oga Bolaji: The Review<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Oga Bolaji is a movie that tugs at your heartstrings in a way you don&#8217;t expect. It is a commentary on the hardships of people who exist on less than a dollar a day, how they plod on in hope, day after day.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, you wonder why the movie is taking so long to establish its plot, but at the end you find out it was a slow build up, and it gives a good development for each character. You are able to relate with each character.\u00a0Having seen a few movies by Kayode Kasum, I see that this is style. It doesn&#8217;t always work, but with Oga Bolaji, it works beautifully.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the actors takes on their role in such a beautiful way, but the star of the movie for me is Jasmine Fakunle, who plays the 7-year-old girl. She has so much talent; she is a natural.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The locations, the costume, and the dialogue all fit in well. The movie does not build into a massive climax, or action, but it all comes together in the end; you see the thread running through the script: life can still be enjoyed even in the midst of suffering and lack of luck.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The humour is gentle and situational, the dialogue fits the plot, and the costumes give the movie authenticity. All in all, Oga Bolaji is a feel good movie that should make you shed a few tears. The movie is now available on Netflix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NollyRated Score: 3\/5<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(Good Movie)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NollyRated uses a 5-level scoring system, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Poor<\/li><li>Sub Par<\/li><li>Okay<\/li><li>Great<\/li><li>Outstanding<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join Our Tribe on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong>For updates on new Nollywood movie reviews, cinema reviews, and Nigerian movie personalities, join our tribe on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NollyRated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@NollyRated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Oga Bolaji, a retired, 40-year-old musician crosses paths with a 7-year-old girl in a story that tugs at your heartstrings and might make you shed a few tears. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}