6.3
Femi is a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after being fostered in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner-city London to live with his birth mother. Struggling with the unfamiliar culture and values of his new environment, teenage Femi has to figure out which path to adulthood he wants to take.
Samuel Adewunmi
Femi
Gbemisola Ikumelo
Yinka
Layo-Christina Akinlude
Bimpe
Rasaq Kukoyi
Dean
Tai Golding
Younger Femi
Tuwaine Barrett
Dwayne
Nicholas Pinnock
Mr. Williams
Ruthxjiah Bellenea
Tope
Demmy Ladipo
Mace
Ibrahim Jammal
Ade
Jayden Jean-Paul-Denis
Tayo
Yazzmin Newell
Dionne
John Akanmu
Kash
Ameen Mustapha
Ola
Yvan Zahui
Block boy
Shaqai White
Young Dean
Jack Chadwick
Young Steven
Sofia Chilvers
Shauna
Denise Black
Mary
Jayden Elijah
Tayo
Derrick Mintah
Block Gang Member
Director, Writer
Shola Amoo
May 30, 2024
6
Not the worst film of 2019 by any means, but not really anything too special either. There are even some shadows of "Moonlight" (2017) in this, but overall it is a fairly pedestrian tale of a dislocated lad's adjustment - not very straightforwardly - from his peaceful, fostered, life in rural Lincolnshire to the new, busy, and more aggressive urban surroundings of a London where he struggles to integrate readily. He must adapt to the pressures and temptations that brings, some of which compromise his decent and responsible upbringing. Visually, it is quite impressive and Sam Adewunmi certainly shows promise as "Femi", but otherwise it is a little too predictable and maybe could have done with some more potency in a dialogue that does rather follow the trammels.