Title: FOREVER YOUNG (1 – 3)

Starring:  Jackie Appiah, John Dumelo, Kalsoume Sinare, Emmanuel Emoabino

Synopsis: 

A journalist is determined to get to the bottom of a strange mother/daughter relationship when the mother becomes known in the community for discouraging worthy suitors interested in her daughter.

Review:

Ms. Mahama (Kalsoume Sinare) is wealthy and of social influence. She clearly loves her daughter, Latisha (Jackie Appiah) and is overly protective. Strangely, she shunned all male suitors who expressed marriage to Latisha and this became common knowledge in town.

Spark (John Dumelo), a local journalist, was interested in investigating the close mother/daughter bond.  At first Ms. Mahama resisted interviews but then later allowed Spark a photo shoot when he confessed that his interest was in her personally and not the story. Ms.Mahama was flattered and the next thing we know, Spark was interviewing both women. 

Latisha became attracted to Spark but later caught him in bed with her mother. The two argued and realized that they both posed nude for him. Angry, Ms. Mahama instructed her thugs to hunt for Spark and confiscate any photos and information that could be used against them. 

Ultimately, it appeared that some time ago when Ms. Mahama was younger, she had surgery and self medicated herself with some sort of oil from Thailand that promised to keep her young as long as she slept with young girls and supposedly she adopted Latisha as a young girl for this purpose.  

Let’s Talk. The movie initially states that “Ms. Mahama loves her daughter to death” and that no media had been able to interview her to find out why. So the media wants to ask her WHY she loves her daughter so much? THAT’S the story??? Are mothers not supposed to love their daughters? Where is the complication in that?

Furthermore, the story was often confusing as it falsely suggested that mother and daughter were sleeping together. Also, Ms. Mahama’s anti-aging remedy is utterly ridiculous and far-fetched.  

In one scene Mrs. Mahama and Latisha shared a kiss on the mouth. It was fast, innocent, and no tongue involved but Spark felt it was newsworthy and snapped a picture of them. Mothers and daughters do kiss. So what? It was simply mother/daughter affection and there was absolutely nothing sexual about it unless one wanted to perceive it that way.  

Another scene worth mentioning is the flashback on Valentine’s Day where Spark and his girlfriend were in bed together. SHE presented HIM with a ring, not the other way around. Really? What was the significance of this scene? It seemed to be an inserted sex scene that served no purpose. Is a movie incomplete without a sex and club scene? Additionally, some scenes dragged on forever while others were dark due to poor lighting.

As for other technical errors, the sound was really bad so I may have missed important information. I cannot express how many times I had to rewind to hear dialogue.

For technical mistakes,  Kalsoume Sinare’s name was misspelled in the credits and she’s the star in the movie! Also, Ohene Odei played Chief Addison and he was not listed in the credits. See NollyGhally Today for more on industry mistakes.

Acting? Our stars, Jackie Appiah, John Dumelo, and Kalsoume Sinare are professionals however, their talent was wasted in this movie.  EJECT

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