Tears in heaven

REVIEWER; ADELEKE AYOOLUWA ADEDAPO
FILM; TEARS IN HEAVEN PART1&2
PRODUCER; ZEB EJIRO
STORY WRITER; ZEB EJIRO
MARKETER; IKETEX VENTURES
AMOUNT; =N= 400
This film centralizes on 4 sisters ( mena played by Grace Amah and Edith Jane Azu, Elo played by Susan Patrick and Katherine Okon, kome played by Grace OBoba and Linda Umanah, zino played by Tina kovie and Mimi Ejiro )who had lost their parent when they were young and had the talent of singing,
they had to live with their uncle who sponsored their education and took care of them from when they were teenagers till the point when they became grownups however things changed when their uncle played by Bob Ejike lost his job and was imprisoned for two months and therefore couldn’t pay their school fees as he used to do; this uncle had a wicked and barren wife who was harsh on these sisters and at times she slaps the girls but Mena was always there to protect them and cheer them up whenever the girls were sad about the outcome of events, their sister will teach, compose songs and pay their school fees however not all the girls were appreciative especially the 2nd and 3rd.
Trouble started among these sisters when they left their uncles house because his wife chased them out and went back to their parent’s house. The eldest sister realized that Elo was having a sex affair with the choir master of the church by the name Emeka and she tried to advice her as her sister but Elo abused her and called her names such as pretender, prostitute who goes out in the morning come back at night; Mena slapped her and she slapped her sister back, Zino seeing this was not happy and she slapped Elo.
This however caused the sisters to separate as Elo and Kome left the house leaving Mena and Zino at home despite all these Mena begged them not to leave the house but they did and went to Emeka’s house who was in the room with his fiancé, disappointed at what she saw Elo slapped Emeka in front of his fiancé and they went to club and started singing secular music in clubs which was the opposite of what they were singing in churches.
Meanwhile at home Mena was sick and rushed to the hospital and was later diagnose with partial paralysis
nevertheless she was thinking of Elo and Kome on the hospital bed and she told the doctor and their uncle not to tell Zino the aftermath of her sickness; Zino however went from place to place with her friend Elvis to secure a record deal in order to help Mena out of the hospital bed but all to avail until her mother Susan came to her in a restaurant as a waiter and told her that Zino and her sisters will make it ,she turned around to ask how the waiter knew that she had sisters but her mother was no more there. Zino later got an opportunity through the help of Elvis to sing at a fund raising event and she told Mena about the opportunity and she decide to follow her to the event in order to give her the support she needs at the absent of her sisters.
When they got to the concert zino told the audience that the song she is about to sing was originally done by her and her sisters; she started the song and took the first verse and chorus and as she was about to take the second Kome came from the audience and sang the second verse she was surprise and so was Mena, after the second verse ELo came out and took the third verse and chorus and they were united as a family on stage. After the performance they all
went to Mena who was on the wheel chair and Elvis was introduced as the match maker and right there in the audience there was a producer who came to them and sealed up a record deal with them.
Elo, Kome and Zino went to the studio to record their album and they went to an award party where the sister were given the award for best gospel album meanwhile in the hospital Mena was watching them on television with mix feeling. The 3 girls went to the hospital after the award and they found their sister lying on bed looking towards their direction seeing nothing, she was dead the sister cried and cried but nothing happened.
The sisters decided to honour their sister and they sang a memorial song titled “TEARS IN HEAVEN”
Themes in the movie include;
Love, trust, betrayal of trust, death, unity, harmony, disunity disobedience, commitment and wickedness.
TECHNICAL ASPECT;
The make up in the movie was good
The costume of the movie is a perfect match for the film
The lighting was excellent
The locations was a perfect match to the film
The acting was excellent except in the beginning where Susan acted below expectation (the scene was the scene where she was advising her husband to stop taking alcohol)
The sound effect was perfect,
The picture quality was very good, language; English, little Yoruba (where the girls sang halleluiah), little Pidgin English (where they exchange pleasantries).


THE FILM MAKE-UP
Film is filled with suspense, action, emotions, song (this lighted the story and also made the movie tragic in nature especially when they sang tears in heaven at the end).
This film is suitable for those who has missed their loved one and want to remember them especially with the emotion thrilling, conscience thrilling and tears flowing story, this film is suitable for those who don’t want to lose a loved one. This film is suitable for general viewing of the public.