(By Tony Kan) – “When Women Gather, There
Is War!” – A Review of The Women
Every movie has an emotional core, its beating heart.
In
The Women, Blessing Egbe’s latest movie which opened in cinemas yesterday, the
core lies in a statement mouthed by Teni (Omoni Oboli) who tells her
long-suffering husband: “Where two or three women are gathered, there is a
silent war.”
Cold,
hot or silent, wars lead to casualties and there are casualties aplenty in The
Women.
The
premise of The Women is not absolutely original and neither does it pretend to
re-invent the wheel. What Blessing Egbe, who gave us Lekki Wives, has done is
to present us with a story (sprinkled with her inventive touch) that is
real-to-life, thought provoking and funny as hell.
Consider
this killer exchange between Chubby and Omo.
Chubby:
Does your husband know you are here?
Omo:
No. If he finds out he will kill me
Chubby:
So why are you here then? You want to die?
