Nemesis0147:
Nothing to learn in that movie….
Very annoying.
Kanayo didn’t do the right thing…..you can’t settle someone before your manager….very wrong,no matter what!!
Yes paulo Was stealing from him but his settlement must come first before that of Afam….
He must not bestow the same honor or amount on them but Paulo must be settled first!!

Afam too shouldn’t have collected Paul’s gf from him….the girl saw him and decided to follow Paul…..why should I settle for less?

Afam fathered another man son and was comfortable with it….even allow himself to be blackmailed because of the child…

Nothing dy there to learn but the Igbo language was good sha.

any woman not legally married can be married even som married women de divorce go marry another person...

The story was touching,but the producers would have pointed out reasons for Kanayo not settling Paulo before Afam, creating hatred and future enemy, the case of paternity fraud should have also been addressed, why taking someone else's son, what's the reason behind such ? Was it an Igbo culture or a personal decision? All these are begging for answers.

Streetdoctor:
Woww, let's go their
What a story. Indeed igbos are resilient, after d Civil War, some were given 20 pounds even if u had 1m pounds u collect 20. From 20 pounds to multimillion business empire.
Is only igbo that can do that in Nigeria, if not this apprenticeship, North and West for just dey bully igbos anyhow, but man is not gawd

Which one be bully nobi same nigeria igbos spread across de prosper... Ia forget say Nigeria too lost soldiers and some properties to the war plus the Money spent on the war...

ebuka1511:


Good video quality, nice presentation and carriage however I find the plot of the movie to be a joke.
In the Igbo Apprentice System, it is rare or unheard of to have a junior Apprenticeship been settled before a senior one. The rule has always been FIFO first in first out , so I really do not understand the plot the movie was trying to show.

In most cases where the FIFO is not followed, it is either the senior apprentice is sent parking, either through a misdemeanours like theft, grave offense like impregnating a female while still in the system.

In Summary, just like the military, the system has steps, from the rookie to the manager. The manager position is the final class of the Apprenticeship system, here the apprentice has unlimited power and only 2nd to the boss or business owner. So that part is still what I'm yet to come to terms with. However a good movie if you will forgive that plot.

Next is the issue of paternity fraud, this movie to a high extent shows that graduates of that school of business are basically 99% Simps! Easily easily blackmailed or deceived by the females. The reason is not far fetched as all students of this business model gives less than 3% of their time to socialising, you know meeting the opposite sex.

The only time they get to do these are on Sunday, when they arr allowed to go to church services and when carrying out domestics chores on Sunday, otherwise, it is all about the business, aloy depends on them successfully completing the internship.

Sadly, i lost my only brother to this system. Elder bros refused finishing up his term on his final year, a seven year business internship, decided going solo in the business, lagos island, isale eko in lagos, in the electrical wirings sessions.
Bros stated with Oso ahia and was making it in the line till words came around that his ex boss wants him out of the line. In summary , bro died , vomiting blood after attending a party.... the year was 2005. Keep resting in Peace Uchenna.

you didn't see how afam aided his oga to ensure his goods came out... So I don't see what's wrong there..

Nemesis0147:
Nothing to learn in that movie….
Very annoying.
Kanayo didn’t do the right thing…..you can’t settle someone before your manager….very wrong,no matter what!!
Yes paulo Was stealing from him but his settlement must come first before that of Afam….
He must not bestow the same honor or amount on them but Paulo must be settled first!!

Afam too shouldn’t have collected Paul’s gf from him….the girl saw him and decided to follow Paul…..why should I settle for less?

Afam fathered another man son and was comfortable with it….even allow himself to be blackmailed because of the child…

Nothing dy there to learn but the Igbo language was good sha.

In a real setting
Paulo should have been sacked long ago and Afam promoted
Paternity fraud is a great offense in Igboland. In reality Amaka would be a single mom.

Afam family will never allow the marriage to go ahead especially his mom and sisters 😊

Afam though good was a simp who lower their guild when they meet women.

Slytiger:

To think Joseph Benjamin was lamenting on twitter like 3 days before the movie was released about the Yorubas leaving the Ibo behind on movie production, and asking the Yorubas to tone down on their historical and cultural movies for "one Nigeria" reasons.

joe ben wasn't serious.. i wish we can see language films in idoma igala tiv Estako gbayi etc depicting the individual culture in nigeria...

IgweBUIKE1:
but odogwu was suppose to settle Paulo before afam, whether he is stealing or not, it is the amount given to him at settlement that will now send a message to Paulo, if he is a faithful servant or not, odogwu was to be blamed for how Paulo turn out

Oh. That's how it's done right?

emerged01:

Both Igbo and English. Even without english it is very easy to understand.

its more igbo than English so it's a language film so i want to see one in hausa Estako ibibio efik idoma igala gbagyi tiv uhrobo etc...

CADA:
This actually happened in my family. The 2 junior boys were settled before one of my dads manager who came before the two. Fhe manager felt bad and people even talked about it. But guess what, a manager is a manager for a reason, he was delayed for several things, he had traits other new guys can learn easily, his settlement package was being arrnaged in a big way.
He fumed as expected because he is human, but at the end, he was settled with a car, 1 20ft of used motorcycles(japan), cash and was connected to my dad's direct contacts in Japan.
Just under 3years, this guy BLOW..... built house in the Villa, lagos and my guy is doing VERY VERY VERY well.
There is always a reason for everything. Once a "boy" is good to his OGA, forget it, settlement go come! The money isn't always the thing, but the BLESSING. As the blessing make the boy enter the gas office and link with oga finds anytime anyday.

this is really good shows the oga valued the loyalty of that Manager and didn't want to lose him fast it's good he to was patience enough and reaped bountifully... Those links na im sure pass

Dinieoj:
The story was touching,but the producers would have pointed out reasons for Kanayo not settling Paulo before Afam, creating hatred and future enemy, the case of paternity fraud should have also been addressed, why taking someone else's son, what's the reason behind such ? Was it an Igbo culture or a personal decision? All these are begging for answers.

First I don't know abt the Igbo tradition of settling the senior first

I had issue with the paternity fraud... Does igbos allow it

DenreleDave:


Oh. That's how it's done right?

yes, that's how it is done, cos there's always an agreement about time frame of serving

First off, what is An Nwa Boy story? I don't understand that grammar, one would think it should be A Nwa Boy story.

Anyway, like most Nigerian Netflix movies, it was bleh. They veered off track. I don't know what exactly they want to achieve by teaching about the igbo apprenticeship and then veering into gangster, blackmail and paternity fraud.

The storyline is a 4.
Acting is a 7.
Cinematography is a 7.
General score is a 6.

I will give the movie a 5/10 rating, cos the story of nwa Boi is not realistic, odogwu settling Afam before Paulo was the deal beaker for me,,, it was suppose to be Paulo before afam, then let's say Paulo squander his money and later went back to afam, then blackmailing afam about how oga settled him well enough for him to still be doing well

VinnyBaba:


That's NOT what Joseph Benjamin said.

He said Nollywood was becoming fixated on TRIBAL/Ethnic movies such as Anikulakpo and others.

There are alot of nigeria movies on Netflix that are tribal movies. Anikulapo is just one tribal movie among Kunle Afolayan movies.
He sounded like a tribalist himself.

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Should I bring tank because the tears are much don't cry river man

You are nothing without the igbos here in Nigeria that hatred towards Igbo is not nothing

After the war 20pounds was given to all Igbo check today IGBOS LEADS OTHERS FOLLOW

Streetdoctor:
Woww, let's go their
What a story. Indeed igbos are resilient, after d Civil War, some were given 20 pounds even if u had 1m pounds u collect 20. From 20 pounds to multimillion business empire.
Is only igbo that can do that in Nigeria, if not this apprenticeship, North and West for just dey bully igbos anyhow, but man is not gawd

Is this really a movie review or another avenue to drag non-igbos as it is the custom? You guys have used this 20 pound narrative to propagate your gospel of hatred for too long. First, I do not know of any country where after a bitter war the government was so magnanimous as to give anything back (whether money or material possession) to the rebels who started the war in the first place. Second of all, how do you determine who had how much before the war when all banks and financial records were utterly blown off in a war that lasted 3 years? Your "elders" that lied to you didn't tell you that in some parts of the country (the South West especially) property were given back to the igbo? This is 2024 y'all should grow beyond "petty tribalism"

Another movie for simps, Imagine paying 10 million naira monthly for a child that is not yours, The writer no try at all, it seems they are projecting paternity fraud as something which is normal and has no consequences. Afemefuna self no get level at all, imagine settling for a woman wey your best friend don shine her congo tire. The movie for me is 4/10 rating.

Nemesis0147:
Nothing to learn in that movie….
Very annoying.
Kanayo didn’t do the right thing…..you can’t settle someone before your manager….very wrong,no matter what!!
Yes paulo Was stealing from him but his settlement must come first before that of Afam….
He must not bestow the same honor or amount on them but Paulo must be settled first!!

Afam too shouldn’t have collected Paul’s gf from him….the girl saw him and decided to follow Paul…..why should I settle for less?

Afam fathered another man son and was comfortable with it….even allow himself to be blackmailed because of the child…

Nothing dy there to learn but the Igbo language was good sha.

Actually, the thing about this movie and some others people hype is just the clean camera. Some of the stories of these overhyped movies aren't different from the regular Nollywood movies.... Just clean cameras.

Rotentik19:
Is this really a movie review or another avenue to drag non-igbos as it is the custom? You guys have used this 20 pound narrative to propagate your gospel of hatred for too long. First, I do not know of any country where after a bitter war the government was so magnanimous as to give anything back (whether money or material possession) to the rebels who started the war in the first place. Second of all, how do you determine who had how much before the war when all banks and financial records were utterly blown off in a war that lasted 3 years? Your "elders" that lied to you didn't tell you that in some parts of the country (the South West especially) property were given back to the igbo? This is 2024 y'all should grow beyond "petty tribalism"

Oga go and rest, we survived wit 20 pounds

Seagodess:
Nice movie but that guy is a typical simp. you pusue fine girl so tey u father another Man child

Na movie na. Secondly, this happens, that's what made the movie great. Let's forget all these simp, macho stuff, human beings a real people and not principles. He fall for the girl kpatakpata and he was ready to pay for it.

zedman1:
Actually, the thing about this movie and some others people hype is just the clean camera. Some of the stories of these overhyped movies aren't different from the regular Nollywood movies.... Just clean cameras.

I agree to an extent. But this movie has a better conflict character and conflict development than most nollywood movies.

However, it did not portray the normal bad guy vs good guy. It portrayed 2 human beings who due to character flaws inevitably entered a conflict which they could not resolve hence a tragic death.

My problem however is, the melodrama. I wish Nollywood will cut off this. Further, the language will not pass. Umu boi do not speak the level of (touche) English the characters spoke later in the film. Now, I am Igbo and I know a lot of ndi ahia personally, some of them are actually university educated but frankly, while their English is in no way bad, it usually comes with a type of accent missing here. Further, no one speaks Igbo Izugbe (aka standard Igbo). This is only spoken in classrooms, news casting and for SSCE purposes. No one speaks it in real life. People either speak their dialects or a mix of popular market Igbo such as Onicha, Aba and their dialect. The earlier Igbo language home videos like Living in bondage, Ukwa etc got this part better.

IgweBUIKE1:
I will give the movie a 5/10 rating, cos the story of nwa Boi is not realistic, odogwu settling Afam before Paulo was the deal beaker for me,,, it was suppose to be Paulo before afam, then let's say Paulo squander his money and later went back to afam, then blackmailing afam about how oga settled him well enough for him to still be doing well

You are wrong. Oga can chose who to settle and how. And consider the Oga is also making a business decision as the nwa boi settled will invariable affect the oga's business also. They will be in a friendly partnership remeber, the oga needs someone to extend his business also.

DenreleDave:


First I don't know abt the Igbo tradition of settling the senior first

I had issue with the paternity fraud... Does igbos allow it

Traditionally Igbos will not allow it. But traditionally who can prove otherwise if the father acknowledges the boy as his? Now, we are under received English family law. So it is both a legal, social and family/personal issue. I think it created a theme, motif tapestry to enrich the movie.

naijaseeker:


Na movie na. Secondly, this happens, that's what made the movie great. Let's forget all these simp, macho stuff, human beings a real people and not principles. He fall for the girl kpatakpata and he was ready to pay for it.

so true

naijaseeker:


You are wrong. Oga can chose who to settle and how. And consider the Oga is also making a business decision as the nwa boi settled will invariable affect the oga's business also. They will be in a friendly partnership remeber, the oga needs someone to extend his business also.

if you are ibo you will not tell me it is wrong, I know how the nwaboi and oga system works, it can never be a new nwaboi before the manager, oga can decide not to settle him at all, either by laying allegation of stealing on him or otherwise, mind you there is always an agreement before the commencement of the serving,so I know what am saying except you have a living testimony you can point me to it, oga can only show his resentment about the said nwaboi by either not settling him at all or giving him a small amount

OGHENAOGIE:
you didn't see how afam aided his oga to ensure his goods came out... So I don't see what's wrong there..

lol,, it doesn't work That way, is either they are both settled at the same time or Paulo is settled first

IgweBUIKE1:
lol,, it doesn't work That way, is either they are both settled at the same time or Paulo is settled first

well that's the downside of nwa boi system no forma agreement sometimes which is why som ogas dont settle their boys... The oga did well to settle afam since no express written rules says otherwise...

OGHENAOGIE:
well that's the downside of nwa boi system no forma agreement sometimes which is why som ogas dont settle their boys... The oga did well to settle afam since no express written rules says otherwise...

you don't get, the story is unrealistic, cos in the nwaboi system, there is no way the manager will be there and the last junior will be settled before him, is either he is been sacked if he is not behaving well or he is been settled with a small amount that's is barely okay for him to start up

IgweBUIKE1:
you don't get, the story is unrealistic, cos in the nwaboi system, there is no way the manager will be there and the last junior will be settled before him, is either he is been sacked if he is not behaving well or he is been settled with a small amount that's is barely okay for him to start up

That's why its a film but u can't really say it's not happening

OGHENAOGIE:
That's why its a film but u can't really say it's not happening

it is not happening

IgweBUIKE1:
it is not happening

u can't be so sure