''Two Brides and a Baby'' is a 2011 Nigerian

romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

directed by

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and starring Keira Hewatch,

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, Stella Damasus-Aboderin and Okey Uzoeshi. It premiered on 17 November 2011. It received awards and nominations at

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and

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Plot

Keche ( Keira Hewatch) and Bankole (

) believe that their relationship has been divinely planned. They plan on having an amazing wedding ceremony and believe their marriage will stand the test of time. An unexpected event gets uncovered that tests how much they are really willing to sacrifice for their union to workout.

Cast

as Kole Badmus * Keira Hewatch as Keche * Stella Damasus-Aboderin as Ama *

as Deji * Okey Uzoeshi as Maye *

as Ugo *

Kehinde Bankole Kehinde Bankole (born 27 March 1985) is a Nigerian actress, model, and television host. She made her entertainment debut in the ''2003 Miss Commonwealth Nigeria beauty contest'', then proceeded to the ''2004 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pagea ...

as Pewa

Reception

The film has a 43% rating on

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with a conclusion that "...it’s quite the placid movie, it’s not emotionally moving in any way. However, if you look at it at some kind of foundation of what we hope for in Nollywood productions then it makes the movie that much more appealing."

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praised the film and concluded that "the film smore admired than loved. It shows that with the right hands, Nollywood can make a decent movie, and this is a decent film indeed." It however singled out the yoruba performance of Deji (

) as the only negative in the film. Amarachukwu Iwuala of ''Entertainment Express'' was very critical of the directing and felt that attention was not properly given to many important details of the film. Dami Elebe of ''Connect Nigeria'' praised the plot, acting and production but felt that the editing and directing should have been better.

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Nigerian romantic drama films 2011 romantic drama films 2011 films Nigerian nonlinear narrative films 2010s English-language films English-language Nigerian films Films shot in Nigeria Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards winners

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