The much talked about Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT is finally available on SparrowStation.Com to watch, starting Friday, April 3, 2015—and if you order it in the next few hours before April 3, you will get 20% discount.
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When I reviewed the movie last year, I rated it 8/10 and the movie has lived to this—winning multiple awards; fetching Joselyn Dumas the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2014 Ghana Movie Awards and several other awards.
In my review, I mentioned that; “I have long predicted and in a way hoped for a change in the improbable manner the African HIV/AIDS story has been told by many African film-makers. Interestingly, Shirley Frimpong Manso has taken up the challenge to tell the story in a way that is pulsing to the heart—and captivating to the mind in her latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.”
What are you doing tonight? Why don’t you take that special person or treat yourself with the thrill of Shirley Frimpong Manso’s latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT which will start showing tonight-1st May, 2014 at the SilverBird Cinemas (Weija & Accra Mall-6:30pm and 9pm). The movie which has received rave reviews is a … Read more
Multiple award-winning film-maker-Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team premiered their latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT few days ago at the National Theatre in Accra—and apart from the fact that the premiere was fully packed, patrons had a lot of great things to say about the movie.
I watched the movie over the weekend and wrote in my review that “though the theme of the script is set on ‘HIV/AIDS’, the film brilliantly tells the story in such a way that, it does not only steal the best part of your emotions—and it doesn’t do so by invoking ‘sorrowfulness’, but by making you consider the fact that there is unimaginable value in being self-conscious when it comes to sex”.
Surely, it wasn’t just me who noticed the excellence embedded in the production and how brilliant the film tackles the social issue of HIV/AIDS.
LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT will be showing at the SilverBird Cinemas in Accra (Weija & Accra Mall) from 1st May, 2014…And you cannot miss it.
The movie features multiple award-winning Ghanaian actor-John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s OC Ukeje, Nana Mensah and a host of other talented actors…
It is produced by Ken Attoh, Shirley Frimpong Manso and Joselyn Dumas—and directed by Shirley Frimpong Manso.
Watch the video below to see what those who attended the premiere had to say…
After my usual weekend Kung-fu movie, I had the opportunity to watch the new Shirley Frimpong Manso movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT and I will start by saying; that it’s a significant story of life that is well tackled.
I am not a keen proponent of the assumption that every story has been told—but I certainly believe that, a story is only good when the storyteller is exceptionally passionate about the subject matter and has priceless cause of telling that particular story—which is to make a realistic impact.
I have long predicted and in a way hoped for a change in the improbable manner the African HIV/AIDS story has been told by many African film-makers. Interestingly, Shirley Frimpong Manso has taken up the challenge to tell the story in a way that is pulsing to the heart—and captivating to the mind in her latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I am yet to meet a single person who is not a party to the general consensus that education on HIV/AIDS in Africa, though has improved over the years, continues to be largely ineffective—and apart from blaming certain religious teachings such as “Aids is bad but not as bad as the use of condoms” for the ineffective outreach, the architecture employed for the purpose of mass education on this diabolical disease seems not to be working.
Many movies and documentaries have taken up the subject of creating HIV/AIDS awareness and in doing so; have failed to make impact with their messages simply because of the manner in which the stories are told—without substantially taking into consideration the societal changes and mannerisms that cannot be ignored in order to bring the story to the hearts of the receivers.
The Storyline & the Pace
Though the theme of the script is set on ‘HIV/AIDS’, the film brilliantly tells the story in such a way that, it does not only steal the best part of your emotions—and it doesn’t do so by invoking ‘sorrowfulness’, but by making you consider the fact that there is unimaginable value in being self conscious when it comes to sex.
Just like most well put together HIV/AIDS stories or films which take the bold approach into exploring the issues of life-threatening diseases like Cancer, the film is filled with emotions. In fact, the film which at large is themed on HIV/AIDS faintly deals with Cancer, without necessarily losing sequence and direction.
I’ve seen several African film-makers and even those outside Africa taking up the HIV/AIDS story from different angels and worldview, but this knocks me at home and presents a far better realistic way of how events unfold when the unwanted subject of HIV/AIDS finds its way into an African marriage/relationship.
Without giving much away, I must say the film starts on a very slow note—which I believe was deliberately set to pull viewers into seeing the existing love, affection and sense of belonging that existed between John Dumelo’s character-Mr Walker and his wife-Joselyn Dumas (Kwarley Mettle).
Soon as the foundation of love and bond between the above two are visibly established, the film begins to speed up—but not as much as I would have preferred. Surely, watching the movie immediately after a Kung-fu movie may have caused a heightened adrenaline, probably, the reason why I found it slow.
Music
It is obvious Shirley Frimpong Manso and her team understood the nature and emotions involved in the story being told. Sparrow Productions’ films have always made good use of a collection of African songs but mostly, these songs compliment scenes or add that extra bit of entertainment to the movies while pulling back your attention.
However, the songs used in LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT went beyond the usual, the songs stabilized the emotionally filled story—-bumping up the pace and dropping in the needed energy intermittently.
I’m not the type to hear a track and jump up to dance but even though I was fully submerged in the ‘rough emotional journey’ the film was taking me, when the songs which were from the likes of Raquel, Okyeame Kwame and Efya were dropped, I caught myself immersed in the music—for a minute, and then the story hits back to the emotion.
To me, the interruption of the emotional ‘downs’ by these carefully selected songs make the viewer stay put as a viewer and not become a sympathiser, thereby, taking in the lessons and education/awareness the story is creating. If that is what the film-makers wanted to do, then it was perfectly achieved. If that wasn’t it—-I would proudly say, so was the effect for me.
Acting
When you have A-listers like John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas and OC Ukeje championing a story and delivering their lines, backed by many years of experience under the directorship of a multiple-award winning director-Shirley Frimpong Manso, you should not expect less—because you won’t even get that if you wished for it.
The acting was outstanding—and I say this because none of the scenes throws a taint at the story, which would make you question any part of the delivery.
When emotions were involved, Joselyn Dumas was great at showing that, and it could just be that she was living her role—as she seems naturally emotional.
After a successful premiere last week at the National Theatre in Accra which was greatly attended by African movie lovers and several high profile individuals, those who could not attend the premiere will be able to watch Shirley Frimpong Manso’s latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT at the SilverBird Cinemas (Weija & Accra Mall) from Thursday-1st May, 2014.
Over the years, Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team have given us several great productions with thrilling story-lines, a benchmark which ‘LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT’ pushes higher…
LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT features multiple award-winning Ghanaian actor-John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s O.C Ukeje, Nana Mensah and a host of other talented actors…
The movie tells a poignant story about moving on when there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. In the movie, a young surgeon’s chance meeting with her ex-boyfriend throws her world into absolute chaos when she makes a horrible discovery about her past and what could be the end of a great career, and beautiful marriage.
What a perfect way to kick-star the Easter Holidays… Tonight at the National Theatre in Accra (6:30pm and 8:30pm), the latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT from multiple-award winning Director-Shirley Frimpong Manso will receive a grand premiere and you cannot miss out on this… If you’ve not purchased a ticket yet, you can grab one … Read more
Tomorrow-17th April, 2014 at the National Theatre in Accra (6:30pm and 8:30pm), multiple-award winning film-maker Shirley Frimpong Manso will take us on another interesting ride with her latest movie-Love Or Something Like That—-and we cannot wait.
We’ve picked 6 of our valued readers to freely attend the tomorrow’s premiere and enjoy another outstanding production from Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team.
‘Love or Something Like That’ tells a poignant story about moving on when there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. In the movie, a young surgeon’s chance meeting with her ex-boyfriend throws her world into absolute chaos when she makes a horrible discovery about her past and what could be the end of a great career, and beautiful marriage.
The movie which is produced by Ken Attoh and directed by Shirley Frimpong Manso features John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s O.C Ukeje, Nana Mensah and as usual, a host of talented actors.
By kind courtesy of Sparrow Productions, GhanaCelebrities.Com is giving away 6 tickets to our valued readers to attend the grand premiere of Shirley Frimpong Manso’s latest movie-‘Love Or Something Like That’ on Thursday-17 April, 2014 at the National Theatre (6:30pm and 8:30pm).
It is indisputable that Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team have a great understanding of movie making—and over the years, they’ve given us nothing less than quality productions with great story-lines.
We thought “Life and Living It” was great, until we say the “Perfect Picture” and then came “Scorned”, “A Sting in a Tale” “6 Hours to Christmas” which were all outstanding productions—and we were taking to a different level of storytelling with unimaginable twists and turns when “Adams Apples 1 & 2” came. As if that was not enough, “Potomanto” changed the game and “Devil in the Detail” pushed the mark even higher…
The track record speaks for itself and that is why we cannot wait to see “Love Or Something Like That” this coming Thursday, featuring multiple award-winning Ghanaian actor-John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s O.C Ukeje, Nana Mensah and others.
Without Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions’ team, I wonder what most of us quality African movies lovers would have to look forward to, considering the huge existing gap between her productions and that of the others.
If we are to go by convention, the rate at which Shirley Frimpong Manso keeps releasing movies should have a ‘negative’ bearing on the quality of her productions but over the years, we’ve seen she keeps getting better with each production.
Shirley Frimpong Manso’s latest-Love or Something Like That features multiple award-winning Ghanaian actor-John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s O.C Ukeje, Nana Mensah and as usual, there will be a host of talented actors…
‘Love or Something Like That‘ tells a poignant story about moving on when there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. In the movie, a young surgeon’s chance meeting with her ex-boyfriend throws her world into absolute chaos when she makes a horrible discovery about her past and what could be the end of a great career, and beautiful marriage.
The movie which is produced by Ken Attoh and directed by Shirley Frimpong Manso will be premiered on 17th April, 2014 at the National Theatre (6:30pm & 8:30pm). You can purchase a ticket at Koala, Airport Shell or the National Theatre…