🎬 Movie Review: Anjola
📺 Showing on Bolaji Ogunmola TV on YouTube
Starring: Femi Jacobs, Jude Chukwuka, Bolaji Ogunmola, Bimbo Akintola Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
✨Plot Summary
Anjola reflects the painful reality many couples silently live through.The film questions the depth of motherhood, the emotional weight attached to natural conception, and the extent to which some women are willing to go in their desire to have children.
Anjola struggles with the possibility that she may never carry her own child. That fear pushes her into questioning surrogacy and the emotional connection between a mother and a child growing inside another woman’s body.
What begins as a single night of conversation gradually unravels into clashes, unresolved pain, curiosity, misunderstandings, and emotional wounds from different perspectives.
✨ Observation
Watching Anjola made me realise how many women genuinely think and feel the way she does. The film also highlights how desperation can cloud judgement. Under normal circumstances, there are choices people would never consider.
Yet the longing for something deeply desired can silence reason and push people toward dangerous decisions. I struggled to understand how Anjola believed that physically beating “the spirit of barrenness” out of her body could somehow cure infertility.
Then I remembered how destructive it can be to live around people with extreme and misguided beliefs, especially those who hide harmful ideas behind religion.
There is a difference between being surrounded by supportive people and being surrounded by individuals who encourage irrational decisions without questioning the consequences.
Anjola’s mother frustrated me throughout the film. Her ignorance was impossible to ignore.
✨ What I Loved About the Movie
What stood out most for me was the perspective this film explored. I appreciated how it highlighted the struggles of women trying to conceive and also acknowledged the emotional burden carried by supportive partners like Folarin.
Folarin loved his wife deeply. He hated seeing her in pain and consistently tried to support her through every stage of their struggle. At certain moments, however, Anjola’s behaviour became emotionally exhausting.
One minute she accepted the reality of her situation, and the next minute she wanted to walk away from her marriage entirely. That emotional inconsistency would frustrate anyone.
Still, the film handled those tensions realistically. I also loved the structure of the storytelling. Despite being heavily dialogue-driven, the movie remained engaging from beginning to end.
The conversations felt purposeful rather than distracting. The plot stayed strong and answered the audience’s questions as the story progressed. The runtime also felt balanced and never dragged unnecessarily.
Most importantly, the film maintained emotional tension without leaving noticeable gaps in the narrative. The scriptwriter deserves recognition for crafting such a layered and engaging story.
✨ What I Faulted
One aspect I strongly disliked was the moment Folarin lashed out at Anjola with deeply hurtful words. I understand his frustration.
Anjola repeatedly pushed him to his emotional limits, but that still did not justify telling a woman struggling with fertility that she was insufferable, irredeemable, and deserving of her pain.
Those words crossed a line. Even in anger, some statements leave permanent scars.
✨ Final Thoughts
I genuinely enjoyed this movie because it shed light on the emotional realities faced by TTC women and the silent struggles many couples endure behind closed doors.
Rating: 7/10