Starring: Majid Michel, Rukky Sanda, Roselyn Ngissah, Kweku Elliot

Synopsis:

A local guy suffers from love at first sight and relentlessly pursues the woman of his dreams only to realize that it was all a dream.

Review:

Max (Majid Michel) is an editor at a magazine. He met Ashanti (Rukky Sanda) at a nightclub and apparently she was his fantasy woman. He allowed pursuing her to monopolize his life to the point where his career suffered. Little did he know Ashanti had an ex-boyfriend with an axe to grind. Harry (Kweku Elliot) spent the last seven years in prison and while he was incarcerated Ashanti used his money to open her clothing line. 

Surprisingly, Max and Ashanti decided to tie the knot after a few short weeks of meeting. They didn’t even share their first kiss until Ashanti accepted his marriage proposal.

On the day of the wedding, Ashanti was a no show and her ex, Harry, appeared at the church with her wedding dress. Max snapped into reality when he realized that it was all a dream. 

Let’s talk. This is a movie with a bizarre plot where the majority of the drama is actually a dream. It’s supposed to be a romantic comedy but it isn’t romantic or funny. 

Most of the movie was spent watching Max pursue Ashanti. It was painful to see Majid Michel pretend he was interested in a woman that was as plastic as an expired credit card. Not that Rukky Sanda is unattractive; it’s that she was so heavily made up that the word natural escaped her. 

Furthermore, it’s odd that Max would be panting over a woman that wasn’t even as pretty as his wife (Barbara Anakwa). This is where adequate casting comes in. It has to make sense! And let me be clear that I’m not bashing Rukky Sanda; it’s just an observation. I have given her credit where due in prior reviews. 

The kiss between Max and Ashanti was torture. Also dreadful was the banter between her girlfriends. As I watched these women interact I suddenly got a flashback of that silly movie “Blackberry Babes.” The scenes with the women were supposed to be humorous but it was embarrassing to watch these wannabe actresses “act.” 

So Max was having a dream. How did the dream translate into his life? Is it that he had a thing for tall women? Did it relate to him being unsatisfied in his marriage? What was the point of the dream that we spent so much time watching? 

Performances? The most notable were Majid, Roselyn, and Kweku Elliot but the story didn’t live up to their talent. 

The only thing that can be said in defense of the movie is that the events that occurred were in a dream and in real life sometimes our dreams are indeed peculiar. But no matter which way it’s sliced, one has to wonder why anyone would turn this amateur script into a movie. EJECT