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Nappily Ever After Reviews
It is on the surface a story about hair. However it is far deeper and the writing is good enough to make it work.
I loved it. Great empowerment story about learning to love yourself and breaking free from societal pressures. Felt very genuine and sweet, a story of growth.
Didn't like it one bit. It's just a bad movie: hardly entertaining, weird and in the case of empowerment my sister was left asking WTF rather than feeling empowered.
Easy to watch- predictable and okay acting but has a decent message. Ideal when you can't be bothered to commit to a film that takes a lot of thought
really great movie with an awesome message
"Nappily Ever After" is an uncomfortable film with a very beautiful message, although the editing and direction are not at all interesting
A rom-com of a woman finding her true self by "letting her hair down" without her hair to find what life is to her in her eyes. Beautiful emotions and true friendships.
Absolutely brilliant movie!! Was sooo beautifully written and acted. We need more movies like this! Movies that teach girls to love themselves! To ignore beauty standards and hold their head up high! Movies that remind us that we're not just here to please men! We're not just here to be perfect! I cried I laughed I wept for every girl out there who doesn't believe in her self! For every girl who has been shunned for being herself. For every gilr who has been silenced and not heard.. For every ethnic girl who was seen as ugly if she didn't fit in with the white beauty standards. For every girl who didn't let her hair down. This is the kind of movie that I needed to watch as a kid. And I am ohhh sooo happy that now other girls will watch this. Thanks to every person who made this movies happen. It will have more effect on women and gilrs than any of you know.
What could have been a really good movie was ruined by Ricky Whittle's terrible British accent. I mean Shadow Moon is usually great in anything but he was the single most disappointing thing about this film. A great performance by Sanaa Lathan and the other supporting actors and actresses... it's a really good and motivational story which really has a lot of value for all women (and men) of colour.
Great movie that is relatable by women from all walks of life as they grapple with the many boxes they are expected to live in.
This is a really good movie. Good message and funny too.
Utterly disappointing and cringeworthy. Not entertaining in a good way. Had awkward moments that made me sick to my stomach. Horrific!!!! Totally predictable and just UGH
Joyful and moving. I laugh and cried, all in a good way. I enjoyed the journey. Typical Lynn Whitfied, always playing roles looking down her nose at people. She can play the hell out of the part. Amen..
Nappily Ever After plays it safe by sticking too closely to genre cliches when it has the potential to go big. Asides from its all-too-familiar plot and predictable conclusion, this charming romantic comedy is well worth watching for its message that many women can definitely connect with.
- And they lived Nappily Ever After - Like most women, I struggled with the way I looked growing up. For a long time, I didn't like my wide nose; I wished I had a smaller, more refined one. I hated that my hair was frizzy. I blow dried it every day, wishing I had straight, beautiful hair and I looked for products that could tone down the frizz. I really saw myself in the main character of Nappily Ever After, Violet Jones. I am currently on my own self-love journey and watching this dramatic comedy made me feel less alone and more understood than ever. It made me understand that I shouldn't morph myself to fit in a box; instead I should embrace my differences and go against the current. Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour (Wadjda, Mary Shelley) and based on Trisha R. Thomas's novel of the same name, Nappily Ever After is a story about a Black woman named Violet Jones who seems to have her life together. She has the perfect boyfriend, the perfect job and, you guessed it, beautiful, straight, long hair. On the outside, Violet looks amazing, but when her life starts to fall apart, she realizes the world inside her isn't beautiful. In order to find true love and happiness she must first learn to stop obsessing on what's on the outside and fall in love with herself. This movie is categorized as a romantic comedy. The protagonists of this love story? Violet and her authentic self. Nappily Ever After isn't just about a girl and her internalized hatred for her hair. It's a light-hearted movie with a deep message, representing the Black woman experience in a raw way. Throughout history, society has favored European features and has condemned anyone who doesn't fit into this standard notion of beauty. Nappily Ever After, perfectly depicts what women of color experience every day in a world that advertises that beauty is straight hair and pale skin. Nappy hair is a term that has been historically used to insult or mock Black women's natural hair. Because of this, a lot of people of color go through great lengths to straighten their hair in order to feel beautiful. Violet, played by the amazing Sanaa Lathan (The Affair, American Assassin) falls victim to bullying because of her afro-textured hair. In the opening scene, Violet's mother Pauletta is grooming her young daughter. She tells her to use her inside voice, stop complaining, and that she deserves the world. One day she'll find a man that'll give it to her. Violet's mom doesn't say it directly, but we understand that she'll find a man only if she looks and behaves like the perfect woman. Nappily Ever After didn't try to make me feel sorry for Violet. Instead, I was inspired by her. It did this through a light-hearted tone even though it deals with a serious topic. Its comedic, feel-good approach gave Violet the power to take control of her sense of self. But we can't talk about this movie without talking about the incredible Haifaa Al-Mansour. Al-Mansour was born in Al Zulfi, Saudi Arabia. She studied film at the University of Sydney and has since become the first Saudi Arabian woman to direct a feature film. Her directorial debut Wadjda (2015) was the first movie ever filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia. Al-Mansour has broken barriers and her successes have inspired a whole new wave of independent filmmakers from her home country. All in all, Nappily Ever After is a fun movie with a great message. Hopefully, through Violet's journey, other women like myself will understand that they are more than their hair or their features. Women are the Universe inside their minds and hearts, and yes, that is good enough. ---------- This review was first published on Narrative Muse, https://www.narrativemuse.co/movies/nappily-ever-after, and was written Stephanie Muñiz. Narrative Muse curates the best books and movies by and about women and non-binary folk on our website http://www.narrativemuse.co and our social media channels.
Nappily Ever After is a romantic comedy film that acknowledges the beauty within black womanhood directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour. The director was famous for being the first female director in Saudi Arabia. This movie is also based on the eight series of Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas. Nappily Ever After is a romance film that describes culture, femininity, hair, and acceptance. The main character in this movie is Sanaa Lathan as Violet. Sanaa Lathan is most known for the movie Love & Basketball. This movie is about a young black woman who lives up to perfection. Sanaa Lathan plays a perfect role because she's a strong actress that plays an uptight, conceited about the way she looks kind of girl. Forced upon this only by her mother. Derived as a child to look her most best especially with her hair. Violet has a perfect life with a husband for two years and she's very proficient in her career s a advertising executive. Since she was a child her mother Paulette (Lynn Whitfield) has always kept her up to par with her long straight hair. Due to the fact of her being tired of pretending to be someone she's not. Violet shows every emotion while watching her hair fall down. Some directors would have edited the scene to smaller proportions to show Violet going from a head full of hair to no hair at all, but instead Al-Mansour is not anxious and shows the full reveal. Overall I give this movie eight out of ten stars because it could have showed more resemblance of black womanhood. Even though it reveals minor issues they could've simply used more major issues than just hair itself. This movie has great messages including the importance of self confidence.