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The Film: Half Of A Yellow Sun by obrien29(m): 6:30am On Dec 12, 2014
This is a historical film which is adapted from a great book of
the same name. It was directed by Biyi Bandele. It was shot in
English language, and it was shot in Britian and Nigeria. The
film was adapted from Chimamanda Adichie's Half of A Yellow
Sun. It stars great British and Nigerian actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Thandie Newton, Onyeka Onwenu, Genevieve Nnaji and a lot of
other actors.

It was released in Nigeria on the 1st of August, 2014. That was
after it had passed over series of censorship related problem.
It was destined to be great film, with a budget of 8 million
dollars. But all didn't go well, as the film didn't come out as
expected, especially for the ones who have read the book. With
the opinion of people who have watched the movie, and my
own personal opinion, I have no other business than to say
that the movie was below what we all expected.
The common mistake the film made was changing the story
line and filtering out some important parts of the book; the
characters in the movie lacked depth, and the dialogue in the
movie was somehow unreal and unbelievable. There might
have been a problem when it was shot that it wasn't shot well;
I will say it was because Biyi Bandele directed his first film. The
film was good anyway, so I will rate it 2.5/5.

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave 2 out of 5 stars and
also commented that "there is a heartfelt quality, but
unfortunately the film is often stately and sluggish with some
every daytime soapy moments of emotional revelation. At other
times, it looks more like a filmed theatrical piece."

It is a great film nevertheless, and you need to watch it now, it
is out there in the cinema. When you watch it or if at all you
have watched it, come here and feel free to rate and critic the
film.

Actually, this is not supposed to be news but critic of the over hyped film, or to you is the film not over hyped? You can also critic it if you have watched it.
To critic click http://bettertim..in/2014/12/the-film-half-of-yellow-sun.html?m=1
Re: The Film: Half Of A Yellow Sun by bruno419(m): 6:31am On Dec 12, 2014
ok undecided
Re: The Film: Half Of A Yellow Sun by IKJ66(m): 6:31am On Dec 12, 2014
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Re: The Film: Half Of A Yellow Sun by lomprico(m): 6:53am On Dec 12, 2014
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Re: The Film: Half Of A Yellow Sun by Nobody: 9:43am On Dec 12, 2014
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