SYNOPSIS
The title of this film was its most attractive feature initially. For those who don’t know, just like “sho mo age mi ni” and “I go change am for you”, “men are scum” was one of the ‘trendy’ sayings of 2019 on Nigerian social media platforms. And for those who are wondering, it takes exactly 60 minutes into the run time of this movie for one of the characters to quote it.
Wo.Men Are Scum is a cute little film that checks off every possible romantic drama trope there is (short of maybe an airport scene). Rude boss – check, awkward meeting – check, miscommunications – check, rude exes – check, overly enthusiastic family member/friend – check check, rich boy and poor girl – check check check. You can’t possibly convince me that even the cast members did not find themselves rolling their eyes at the lack of originality here.
In this movie, Uzoamara (because who needs one first name when you can have two in one) gets dumped by a rude patriarchal ex because she chooses to accept a job offer at another man’s company. She then starts at this other man’s company and immediately falls for him. He also falls for her at first sight, and his natural response to that is to be cruel to her because his ex was scum and all women are scum – duh. His mom notices the “love in his eyes” (because you know, mothers are specially talented) then takes it upon herself to be the cupid of this love story.
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