Different from humor, tragedy is far from being the best seller in recent Nollywood movies. But when a tragic story hits so close to home and manages to keep the audience at the edge of their seats, such tragedy cannot be ignored.
It starts on a sad note and ends on an even sadder one as it tells the story of an abused child. The main character was crying in the first scene and still crying in the last scene.
This movie reflects what many children go through with their step parents or parents. It calls for a change of attitude towards child upbringing. Simple but highly didactic is what this story is as emotional depth meets strong storytelling making it quite outstanding.
A movie gets its value from the story. And when a good story meets good casting, the narrative becomes compelling and performances exceptional. Also, the soundtrack communicates sad emotions of the movie it was released on Ms Ademoye’s YouTube Page.
It satirizes society by showing how women stay in marriages for financial security which enables them take care of their kids’ needs.
Ironically, Ehis represents many strict Nigerian fathers who no longer have emotional connections with their children because they believe that when they come back home everyone should tremble thinking that fear works as discipline instead of love.
Though twisting complicates narrative in this film more than any other part, it adds suspense that leaves viewers wondering where this story is going next. At first sight blaming Ehis for disappearance seems like most probable thing to do but then again stories have a way of taking unexpected turns surprising everyone involved.
The sacrifices mothers make are also depicted here showing that sometimes being parent can be a thankless job which may seem too hard to understand fully until you become one yourself. Besides, it underlines proverbial saying about raising kids requiring whole community’s involvement. Baseball among other subplots were used to create plot resolution in this movie.
However “Shining Star” manages to educate and raise awareness about different things such as child abuse, baseball and education while still leaving us uncertain of what will happen to Ehis in the end.
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