37 To Go Review (short film)… Lota Chukwu’s best performance

Year: 2022
Genre:  Marriage, Sickness, Romance
Cast: Lota Chukwu, Daniel Etim-Effiong, Bamike ‘Bam Bam’ Olawunmi-Adenibuyan, Victor Sanchez Aghahowa, Yemi Arawore
Director: Lota Chukwu
Writer: Lota Chukwu, Victor Sanchez Aghahowa
Cinematographer: Uti Prince, Omos Akhigbe
Summary: Didi’s and Dozie’s love is tested when they become affected by Covid during the lockdown period

Overall Rating: Feast 
What a very interesting journey! 37 To Go surprised us in so many ways. Lota Chukwu rendered the most solid performance we’ve ever seen backed by a strong message. It was powerful
~Worth Watching~

Delicious
—Lota Chukwu’s best performance so far! Playing the role of Kiki in Jenifa’s Diary never really gave her the opportunity to fully demonstrate what she was capable of. But in 37 To Go, we got to see her arsenal 😃
She spoke a thousand words with just the look in her eyes portraying Didi. She was sincere, gentle, and also depressed. She touched us with her shaky voice during sad moments and we could feel the pain and anguish. Simply fabulous!
—The brief words and fragmented scenes of the movie puzzled us at first. Didi and Dozie usually uttered short sentences here and there. Howeverrrr, Lota Chukwu had a plan that made sense towards the end.
This technique was genius and helped empower the narrative. It’s really hard to describe 37 To Go without giving away the suspense, hence, we’ll just stop here 😑
—Bravo to the make-up and costume design teams for an elegant work! Didi and Dozie wore vibrant colors in the beginning; then after they got infected, the brightness progressively faded away. Very good to see
—The film spread a message of courage under fire, ‘when the going gets tough, the tough get going’. Lota was admonishing us to patiently take time to recover, breathe, and rise again. So touching to see the couple being supportive during their darkest times; they were each other’s strength locked up in their house

Bland
—The camera operators weren’t intentional with their movements, particularly when Didi collapsed on the floor towards the end. Shots could have been much closer to the characters to stress the emotions on their eyes, faces, hands, etc


Viewers’ Guide
Language: none  Violence: none  Intimacy: 

Trailer

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(Audio:: English ; English Subtitles: No)