Coming from Insanity

...sums up the current two 10/10 reviews.

This is African amateur writer, director and editor Akinyemi Sebastian Akinropo's first ever dabble in filmmaking, and it really does show.

The "based on a true story" is a very good and interesting story that needed to be told, but the execution of the storytelling was awful. It's started fairly decent, but Akinropo's editing was horrible with scenes dropping in out of nowhere and cutting out too soon. I call it "blender editing".

The pacing was fairly decent for the length of the screenplay, but the 100 min runtime was too long for the story being told. There were tons of plot and technical issues and many irregularities with the fluidity of the screenplay. This could have easily, and should have been, trimmed down to 80-85 mins tops.

The directing wasn't that bad for a first-timer, although some scenes were really badly directed and filmed that seemed 1980's dad-on-the-camcorder quality. The acting was actually not bad at all - for amateur actors that also had no direction from Akinropo. The sound was bad, probably from the lack of boom mics. The score and cinematography were adequate and the set location and landscape was great.

Filmmakers have to start somewhere, right, but I wish Akinropo had at least ran his script by a seasoned writer for some edits, and/or and experienced editor. That could've made this film much better. You can basically fast-fwd some scenes and not miss a thing. The true story needed to be told, and I'm glad it was, but wish it was told better.

The suggestion by NFlix that this was a movie that I would be interested in: was correct.

For a Kanuck with a rudimentary understanding of the history of a handful of African Nations, and a few African friends to bounce ideas off of, I found this film very watchable.

It is produced and filmed in English (no dubbing).

I turned it on, and watched it to the very end; no serious distractions; no 'pause and watch later' etc..

I have watched one other 'fact-based' Nollywood movie, and I keep adding more to my watchlist, so I finally got around to watching one.

The plot, look, and feel of the movie description, intrigued me, similar to how the presentation of "The Stronghold" (BAC Nord) sucked me in to a poorly dubbed but 'based on true events' French film, that I also liked.

This is an authentic: Made in Nigeria, Africa ("Nollywood") movie.

The production will feel very different than other movies with African plots that you may have seen, such as "The Last King of Scotland' or "Blood Diamond."

I thought the production quality was very good, and the acting was excellent, based on the story, plot and actual history.

The plot, quite frankly, seemed unbelievable to me, but the movie posts a statement saying that everything in the film is very true, except for the names of the characters ... EXCEPT ... the main character's name is actually real.

I never heard of this event, nor did I bother investigating it any further after watching the film. It will make you think.

It is easy to watch, with an insightful look into some aspects of upper-middle-class life in Nigeria.

I enjoyed this movie enough to tell you that I would give it a 6.8 / 10 rating ... if I could.

This movie relates to the current situation of most Nigerian youths, it doesn't matter how you make your money Just be successful that's all. Nice delivery from Gabriel, definitely one of our best actors! #Mustwatch for all Nollywood fans

Coming From Insanity was an original script, well-told...the production and acting, sorrowfully, didn't transport us on a journey

DELICIOUS

-Always a pleasure to have an out-of-the-box script. The storytelling was very lucid, we were steadily invited into Kossi's world and grasped the money-making craft. Characters were progressively introduced leading to a good climax.

-Gabriel Afolayan is a diamond! Even an oscar would not be befitting of his art. He immersed himself in the role of Kossi that we even forgot he's Nigerian in real life 😁 His poise throughout the film was spectacular

-Costume designers should be felicitated for accentuating the characters making a big difference

BLAND

-The image and sound qualities suffered extremely: there were moments we could barely hear the actors and the images were blurry

-The Wale Ojo-Sharon Ooja duo impeded the storytelling. Mainly due to their very weak acting, it was disappointing

-Coming From Insanity opened up with some data about child trafficking making us think that the film was going to be centered on this issue, but it wasn't

-Logic was a little off, e.g. We witnessed some characters using the latest smartphones and others using the Whatsapp application when the year was just 2010😳

One of the best movies I have watched in a very very long time. The time spent was worth it.