Lara and the Beat

It's very different from the average Nollywood movie, very entertaining and keeps you glued to your seat for the entire duration. Even when it ends, you're still waiting for more.

FINALLY - a movie shot in Nigeria with international standards. Effortlessly funny and cunning, superior direction and cinematography. Eclectic, intentionally entertaining and attention gripping. Perfect blend of wit and humor depicted through deliberately complex yet simple visuals. Left me with the happy fuzzys.

Enjoyed watching this movie. Love the perspective of the writer and the visuals. Appreciate that it wasn't the typical Nollywood movie.

My top 5 Movies in Descending order 1. Lara and the Beats 2. The Devil Wears Prada 3. Meet Joe Black 4. Coming to America 5. Bridesmaids

I am from the states, and I'm a HUGE happily addicted Afrobeats fan. So the music for me, especially the perfect placements for the scenes, was the sweetess cherry on top of my absolute favorite movie. Oh my God where do I start. The opening shot making a HUGE statement without saying a word makes this movie something every African American should see. Loved this movie MUCH more than the movie about a ficticuous African country that doesn't exist. This was hands down 100 times better set in a beautiful city in an African country that is actually REAL. As real as the chemistry between Lara and Sal. Much appreciated the drool worthy eye candy BTW, yummy! This Nigerian Slum Dog, well in this case Billionaire, was robbed of all of it's glory, due to a heaping flavorless serving of heavily promoted Disney white rice trying to pass itself off as Jollof with food coloring. Lara and the Beats was the authenic soul nurturing plate of REAL Jollof with plantains, smiles, and love. Hopefully now it will become viral on the small screen, and get all of the accolates it deserves. A must see multiple times.

I saw this film on the netflix main page in the UK and decided to watch the film. I thought it was a black American film at first but was surprised it was actually a Nigerian film. The story line was quite good and didn't take itself too seriously which made it a fun watch, the colours and clothes were wow! The cinematography was incredible, the actors and actresses did a good job especially Seyi, Big Chi and Somkele, Vector surprisingly was good too. I thought the end was just ok even though it was a happy end with the uche jombo and Uncle Tunde, i felt it could have been stronger. I feel this film raised the bar for the Nigerian film industry and i feel it would surely attract an international audience and portray Nigeria in a different light where it isn't always poverty and 3rd world quantifications we see. Good job to Biola Alabi, the cast and team.I saw this film on the netflix main page in the UK and decided to watch the film. I though it was a black American film at first but was surprised it was actually a Nigerian film. The story line was quite good and didn't take itself too seriously which made it a fun watch, the colours and clothes were wow! The cinematography was incredible, the actors and actresses did a good job especially Seyi, Big Chi and Somkele, Vector surprisingly was good too. I thought the end was just ok even though it was a happy end with the uche jombo and Uncle Tunde, i felt it could have been stronger. I feel this film raised the bar for the Nigerian film industry and i feel it would surely attract an international audience and portray Nigeria in a different light where it isn't always poverty and 3rd world quantifications we see. Good job to Biola Alabi, the cast and team.