93 Days

Some powerful performances by the Nollywood actors. Danny Glover offers penetrating rays of sunlight to all his scenes (as you would expect).

Got some beat and base but goes dry now and then, however neat film. Pass the evening well with this melodrama and a bag of popcorn.

BAD WIG RATING - a clear 10/10 for bad wigs. No shame in this area. Hardly a realistic head of hair on display.

I'm a nurse in the USA and what stood out to me the most about this film was how humble and humane the doctors and medical staff were even though they were terrified of contracting ebola. They still treated their patients and one another with kindness and humility and supported one another emotionally. I thought this was an excellent film and the actors and actresses did an excellent job.

It was too much melodramatic, but I enjoyed it. On the other hand this is a great tribute to all the medical staff who where at the epicenter of the crisis.

This movie focuses on the local medical response to the arrival of Ebola in Lagos, Nigeria, and the effort to contain it before it got a terrifying new foothold. Early on, this was in the face of political pressure, since patient zero was a foreign diplomat who demanded to be let out of the hospital. Later on, it was in the face of a justifiably terrified populace and hospital staff, a number of whom became infected.

But it is not a complete picture. Nigeria made major efforts on the border to keep Ebola out. Not mentioned. An aide to patient zero was exhibiting symptoms, and left. What happened to him? Not mentioned.

If you are interested in the topic, as I am, the movie is worth seeing. But if you judge it solely as a movie, there are a lot of problems with pacing and tone. The soundtrack was poorly mixed, often overwhelming the words being spoken. And while Nigeria and the world owes a lot to these doctors, the movie descends into hagiography.

The movie has a nice role for the American actor Danny Glover.

Good acting, based on true events and a decent story. The pacing was a little too slow for my liking and some scenes feel like a made-for-tv movie (the cheese music and the over dramatization).

Overall watchable if you know what you are getting into ahead of time.