{"id":811,"date":"2021-02-22T09:45:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T09:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/?p=811"},"modified":"2021-02-22T09:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T09:45:28","slug":"2-weeks-in-lagos-2021-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/2-weeks-in-lagos-2021-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Weeks in Lagos (2021) Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2 Weeks in Lagos (2021) <\/b><b>Synopsis: <\/b>In <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>2 Weeks in Lagos<\/strong><\/em>, the lives of Ejikeme and Lola collide when Ejikeme, an US-based investment banker, returns home with Lola\u2019s brother, Charlie, to invest in Nigerian businesses. It is love at first sight for them and as they embark on a journey of discovery, they have to contend with the political ambitions of Ejikeme\u2019s mother who is planning a marriage between him and the only daughter of Otunba Ayodeji, a political juggernaut who is considering Ejikeme\u2019s father as his running mate for the Nigerian Presidency.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Cast<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toyin Abraham &#8211; Kemi <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/shaffy-bello-nigerian-movie-actress\/\">Shaffy Bello<\/a> &#8211; Mrs. Makinde<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/mawuli-gavor-nigerian-movie-actor\/\">Mawuli Gavor<\/a> <span>&#8211; Ejikeme <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Jide Kosoko &#8211; Dr. Makinde<\/li>\n<li>Tina Mba &#8211; Sisi Toyin<\/li>\n<li>Beverly Naya <span>&#8211; Lola <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Deyemi Okanlawon &#8211; Joshua<\/li>\n<li>Uto Rosman &#8211; Wande<\/li>\n<li>Joke Silva &#8211; Mrs. Chukwuemeka<\/li>\n<li>Okey Uzoeshi &#8211; Charlie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>The Crew<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer\/Producer\/Director &#8211; Kathryn Fasegha<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Two-Weeks-in-Lagos-movie-review-on-nollyrated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-813\" src=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Two-Weeks-in-Lagos-movie-review-on-nollyrated.jpg\" alt=\"Two Weeks in Lagos movie review on nollyrated\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Two-Weeks-in-Lagos-movie-review-on-nollyrated.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Two-Weeks-in-Lagos-movie-review-on-nollyrated-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Two-Weeks-in-Lagos-movie-review-on-nollyrated-20x12.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>2 Weeks in Lagos: The Review<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a title like <em>2 Weeks In Lagos<\/em>, I expected glamour, excitement, glitz and hilarious comedy spiced with the energy Lagos is known for, but I was sorely disappointed. For a star studded movie that had Joke Silva, Shaffy Bello, Beverly Naya, Deyemi Okanlawon, Jide Kosoko, Mawuli Gavor, Toyin Abraham, and Tina Mba on set, it left a lot to be desired. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plot was all over the place as a result of trying to in too many sub plots. Some parts of the plot was totally unrealistic and beggars belief, even in a country like Nigeria. How do we go from intervening in a man beating his 5 year old daughter, claiming she&#8217;s a witch, to a complete stranger taking the child from him, taking her in as her own and immediately she is ready to dedicate her and give her a new name? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, the casting could have been better. Jide Kosoko and Shaffy Bello are light in complexion; it is hard to believe they birthed the ebony queen that Beverly is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie has an identity crisis. Is this a romantic drama, a comedy, a political thriller, or even a Christian movie? It definitely has all the appropriate Christian expressions.\u00a0 The acting was so stilted, it was as if the actors neither understood nor believed in the script.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forty five minutes into the movie, hardly any scenes had elicited major laughter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was nice to see Toyin Abrahams in a different role &#8211; quiet and supporting, speaking proper English. Those wigs made her look old though and the continuity was not tight. How could someone who had been kidnapped for days still have her wig looking so glossy and beautiful? The two wedding scenes added nothing to the movie; they were more of time fillers. The movie should have ended earlier than it did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the interior shots had poor lighting. In some scenes, the faces of the actors were not visible.\u00a0 The fashion show could have been better executed. For a show hosted by the daughter of a wealthy man, it felt like a secondary school affair.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A Few Good Things<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were a few good things about <em>2 Weeks In Lagos<\/em>. The opening montage gave a good view and perspective of the Lekki Ikoyi bridge at night and also gave us a good view of the beautiful lights of Lekki phase one. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is an injection of local flavour: the actors ate at a Buka and they played Ayo (a Nigerian game of calculation usually played in carved out spaces using seeds)\u00a0 for entertainment. The unexpected cat fight between Joke Silva and Shaffy Bello was an scene too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But those good aspects are too few to redeem the movie. Every hope I had for it was dashed. <em>2 Weeks In Lagos<\/em> should have stayed on the small screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nollyrated Score: Poor Movie (1\/5)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>NollyRated uses a 5-level scoring system, as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Poor<\/li>\n<li>Sub Par<\/li>\n<li>Okay<\/li>\n<li>Great<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Join Our Tribe on Twitter:\u00a0<\/strong>For updates on new Nollywood movie reviews, cinema reviews, and Nigerian movie personalities, join our tribe on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NollyRated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-schema-attribute=\"\">@NollyRated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Weeks in Lagos is a 2021 star-studded movie that promised glitz and excitment but disappoints in too many ways. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[89,103],"class_list":["post-811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-review","tag-89","tag-two-weeks-in-lagos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811"}],"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=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}