CITATION - THE MOVIE - Review by Matarazee

                  The movie review by Matarazee

A movie written by Tunde Babalola and produced by Kunle Afolayan was released in October, 2020 as a "Netflix Original"

When we talk about classical movies Kunle Afolayan is a name to reckon with same when you talk of meaningful productions in Nollywood. Citation is one of the brilliant productions which did not fall short of expectation (though not absolutely since it's liable to Critic).

LANGUAGE
Kunle adopts a multi-lingua style in the movie (Yoruba, French, Senegalese and Portuguese).

SETTING & LOCATION
The domain location was Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The movie production set was taken to other African locations (Senegal and Cape Verde) helping in showcasing different languages and cultures.

PRODUCTION
I would say the production is a bit confusing as the movie was depicting props set in the 90’s mixed with props of the present. The mix didn’t really infuse so well.

PICTURE QUALITY
Kunle Afolayan’s signature picture quality of  cinematic theme could be seen. The colours were warm and endearing. Camera angles and panning enunciated the essence of the message of the story.

STORY
You will agree with me that Kunle Afolayan has his own style of confusing audience just like William Shakespeare. You might need to watch the movie twice to get the sequence of events, though the message of the story that is based on sexual harassment in institutions of higher learning wasn’t shrouded. 

CASTING METHOD
Kunle Afolayan was able to bring together veterans (Wole Olowomojuore, Sadiq Daba) in the art of acting. He was able to infuse actors from other nationalities (Jimmy Jean-Louis, Adjetey Anang) and most especially, making names for rookies in the industry; Temi Otedola and Mrs. Ibukun Awosika.

Temi Otedola; the lead actor in the movie, acting the role of Moremi Oluwa will pass for someone who has been acting for a long time with her ability to perform her role convincingly in the over 2hour movie (a rare length for a meaningful nollywood movie production)

General Review

“Citation” is a movie of 2hours 30 minutes by Kunle Afolayan which indeed worth every bit of it.
The author tends to take us into a story about rape/sexual assault and inferiority complex.

Kunle Afolayan has done a good job by using casts who fit perfectly into the different characters/roles instead of using random actors, for instance; Moremi (Temi otedola). I haven’t seen her in a movie before but she fits into her role as a young, vibrant normal campus lady who was able to show to us what most ladies face in the hands of their promiscuous lecturers.

Kunle should have explored that story line more, like giving more background on the lecturer; Prof. Lucien N’dyare.

Why the movie is unique for me?

The sounds are plutonic, camera angles were shot well and story told without drifting away from its original ‘thesis’ like other movies do.

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