Anchor Baby Review…this film will leave you speechless…

Year: 2010
Genre: Family, Police, True Story, Social Justice, Drama
Cast: Omoni Oboli, Terri Oliver, Sam Sarpong, Colin Paradine, Mark Cassius, Michael Scratch
Director: Lonzo Nzekwe
Writer: Lonzo Nzekwe
Cinematographer: Ricardo Diaz
Summary: An expecting couple, living illegally in America, is fighting to deliver their baby amidst immigration raids

Overall Rating: Beignets
Well, well, well…It’s a shame that we dodged Anchor Baby for many months as the trailer didn’t seem engaging. Only after the movie was highly recommended that we saw the immense value of this script!
Speechless…It was honestly traumatizing to think that such an incident did happen in real life…
What would have crowned Anchor Baby with a higher rating is more polished acting and production, but other than that, the screenplay was well-founded
~Worth Watching~

Delicious
—Right from the beginning, we were presented with the definition of the term ‘Anchor Baby’, which we weren’t even aware of; this was a welcoming element to introduce us to the story.
Anchor Baby was a story like no other that went beyond immigration problems to tap an extremely cruel phenomenon; we can’t even say much to avoid spoilers. This movie will leave you thinking twice about seeking greener pastures and weighing your options.
As diasporans, we sympathized with Paul (Sam Sarpong) and Joyce (Omoni Oboli), the couple struggling for a better life
We greatly appreciated the quotes at the end that showed the inadequacies of the US immigration system
—The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers convinced us with their performance 😀
—Anchor Baby needed to be told to illustrate the insecurities and restrictions people without ‘papers’ live with in foreign lands

Bland
—Anchor Baby would have had a much stronger impact if and only if the acting were refined.
We were waiting for Joyce to shed abundant tears and pour out her agony due to the tragedies she was passing through, yet, we didn’t get much. Mark Cassius (playing John the lawyer) and Sam appeared like they were still rehearsing the lines in their mind
—Dialogues could have been deeply crafted to send a strong message and address the immigration system in a thought-provoking way
—Anchor Baby concentrated the majority of its scenes on Joyce which became a bit monotonous without a solid parallel narrative
—Was that a baby doll we saw in the car seat after Joyce delivered??? Why now??😖😖😖
—Not seeing shots of Paul for the rest of the movie tremendously limited the realism of the storyline