“BELOVED” REVIEW

“Beloved” is a movie beautiful in many regards – the character development, picture quality, aura and music. The opening scene nicely settles you into the lives of its characters, made more credible and enjoyable by the live band’s performance. The cinematography was neat and the settings were well-managed. The make-up was also well-done and as a whole, this is a beautiful production with beautiful people.

The story revolves around Toni, a sweet Christian as can be, whose faith, heart of worship to God and gentleness serve as a catalyst for real change in the lives of people around her. Only a life of selflessness can bring about this kind of impact. The movie also shows the importance of bringing up one’s children in God’s way. Closely linked with this is a nice reveal it makes at the end.

“Beloved” bears a trademark of its writer – using multiple character groups to address a single theme (or similar ones), which actually creates more lessons for the audience to be blessed with. For the sake of the film’s pacing though, I consider it better not to have many B-story characters and/or themes. On this occasion, Pastor Lawrence’s self-glorification, Mama’s idolatry and Toni’s brethren’s loss of hope need not be given priority in scenes and dialogue. Focusing on Toni and her same-compound neighbours might have given a better, tighter plot, and a more organic inciting incident than her sickness. In the latter’s vein, it’s necessary to state that the fact that God used it for His glory should not be taken as Him being the source of it; we simply don’t know how it came about.

Nevertheless, Toni’s maturity in faith, even in the face of her sickness and Michael’s infidelity, causes a chain reaction of good tidings. The arcs experienced by all characters are solid and thus, the movie has a beautiful end. Conclusively, “Beloved” shows that no situation is too much for God to turn around, if we trust Him.

The link to the movie is https://youtu.be/QNDG28qKftg

Till the next article, stay blessed!

Film Credits
BELOVED (April 30, 2023)
129 minutes
Impact Global Ministries

Cast
Adeola Salako as Toni
Daramola Kayode Babalola as Michael
Seyi Pedro-Adetola as Febi
Gbenga Ayoola as Yele
Mosiko Remilekun Erinayo as Fidelia
Moses Korede Are as Pastor Lawrence
Shade Airebamen as Pastor Lovette

Crew
Writer
Damilola Fasesan
Cinematographer
Sesan Afolayan
Editor
Adisa Tijani
Director
Damilola Fasesan