30 days in Atlanta

This movie is supposed to be story of the time spent in Atlanta by a guy who won the trip at a house purchase event with his friend. Akpors won a ticket and travels to Atlanta with Richards. While there he visits an uncle, meets and old colleague and Richard falls in love.

It appears the movie was acted without a script. The story appears disjointed and the audience is not led through the scenes - either you just move with the flow or just fill in the gaps yourself. The characters are also not connecting. Despite excellent acting talent, the story is unable to wield any emotional attachments to the characters other than the words they exchanged. It appeared like a group of acting friends who found themselves in a foreign land and decided to make a movie out of it without thinking through the story. The actor portraying Richards appeared aloof throughout the movie. He loked like he was doing AY a favour by being there. Akpors was a scam. The Nigerians all know who Akpors is before Akpors became a household name and the owner of every silly joke or prank. It was like IK acting a comedy based on Frank Dunga's job seeeking antics! A robbery...career bullying.

At best, the movie is a collections of skits and terrible disjointed skits. Possibly they could have earned a few viewing on YouTube and will still be far below both Bovi, Basketmouth and Dunga.

It may not be right to describe this movie as the best comedy of the year - that would be an affront to real comedies. It does not even elicit a desire to watch a second time. One viewing is enough. It is not thought provoking - that shows a movie lacking depth.

Some of the issues that could have been dealt with include: too much emphasis on Warri, too many references to Akpors in name calling, bad camera footage, childish fight and play scenes, poorly timed and useless scenes - a whole scene was used to pass accross teargas as environmental pollution requiring international attention? Arriving in Atlanta at the domestic Wing? Where did the transfer take place? Getting off the aircraft without hand luggage! Really? Which Nigerian does that?

The attempt to blend American acting with Nigerian acting has happened in several previous movies. These attempts have not been sucessful neither has this one. Even Osofia in London did a better job than this and the lack of originality in 30 days in Atlanta in mirroring Osofia's work is not lost here but at least Osofia was acted by Osofia.