Rating:
Tony Abulu presents:
A revolutionary collaboration between Hollywood and Nollywood, Dr. Bello follows the life of brilliant cancer specialist Dr. Michael Durant (Isaiah Washington). Emotionally troubled and on bad terms with his wife (Vivica A. Fox), Dr. Durant becomes attached to Sam, a seven-year-old patient whose health deteriorates to the point that Dr. Durant seeks the support of Dr. Bello, a traditional doctor from Nigeria. What follows is a story of love, discovery of new frontiers, and a return to one’s roots.
Genre: drama
Directed by Tony Abulu
Cast: Genevieve Nnaji, Isaiah Washington, Vivica Fox, Jimmy Jean Louis, Stephanie Okereke Linus
Other casts include: Ebby Bassey, Femi Brainard, Justice Esiri, Racheal Oniga, Charles Inojie, Andrea leigh, Evan brinkman, and many more. ( peeps plenty abeg).
Isaiah washington (greys anatomy) and our own genny in one movie was enough to drive me bonkers. You re only international when you starr alongside internationals and I'm proud to say nollywood is going international. Breaking down: Actor: Genevieve nnaji: in as much she was casted alongside other internationals, I must confess that genny did no extraodinary thing. This role was not challenging but it did her reputation no harm. Was simple, made no error and delivered as we all expect her to. I give her 3 out of 5 stars Isaiah washington: could say this was his first movie of note since after Grey's anatomy, carried d role well and was a suitable lead actor. 3 out of 5 stars Jimmy Jean Louis: Dr bello himself, nothing exceptional too, played d role to the full andd did wat was expected of him. 2.8 outta 5 Apart from these 3 actors above, it could be safe to put the rest in the 'waka pass' roles and as usual, there was over acting.
Audio:
Very clear, no fading in and out, just perfect
Video:
Perfect, good job done
Cast:
while it was good to see the combination of our hot nollywood stars with the not so hot holly wood stars, I feel the casting director should have reduced the amount of 9ja stars in the movie. Apart from genevieve, most of them just had a waka pass role... And next time I would like to see a cast of brad pitt and genny (if wishes were horses)
Drama:
this story is about a cure for cancer and the search for it, initially it looked that way till towards the end, it became a search for inner healing 'peace'...towards the climax, the story goes terribly wrong, it just seemed like everyone stopped acting and the quest to keep us spell bound was not achieved
Comedy:
the taxi driver was funny and charles inojie reminded us to laugh during the course of the movie
Romance:
well I was expecting something between genny and isaiah at it came at d very end, a kiss and dat was it, dunno if dats romantic sha
Memorable scene: Where genevieve asks the taxi driver to focus on the road and he refuses, he then hits the orange hawker and flees
Would I recommend it: yes I would, its an ok movie if you can remove all the hype from ur mind and look above the star studded cast. Bar the dismal end, its a nice movie
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