Adams Apples

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Adams Apples
Adams Apples Chapter one poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster for chapter 1
Directed by Shirley Frimpong-Manso
Written byHetty Owusu
Produced byKen Attoh
Starring
CinematographyKen Attoh
Sadiq Al-Hassan
John Passah
Edited byNana Akua Manso
Music byElorm Adablah
Ivan Ayitey
Production
company
Sparrow Productions
Release date
  • 21 April 2011 (2011-04-21)
– 25 May 2012
Running time
~1080 minutes
CountryGhana
LanguageEnglish

Adams Apples is a Ghanaian film series, starring Yvonne Okoro, Joselyn Dumas, John Dumelo, Naa Ashorkor Mensa-Doku, Anima Misa Amoah, Adjetey Anang, Helene Asante, SoulKnight Jazz, Jasmine Baroudi, Vincent McCauley, Roselyn Ngissah, Fred Kanebi. [1] The series consists of ten drama feature films, known as "chapters", produced by Ken Attoh and directed by Shirley Frimpong-Manso. [2]

Contents

The film series follows the life of the Adams' family, which is made up of Doris Adams (Anima Misa Amoah), a widow of an ex-diplomat , and her three daughters; Baaba (Okoro), Jennifer (Dumas) and Kuukua (Mensah-Doku), showing how they deal with their complicated family, love lives, individual secrets, lies and regrets. A spin-off television drama series, with the same title premiered in February 2013, and has since started airing on DStv's Africa Magic; the television series is set a year after the tenth chapter of the film series. [3] [4]

Cast

Chapters

Adams Apples film series has constantly been praised for its predominant use of traditional prints costume. Adams Apples characters.jpg
Adams Apples film series has constantly been praised for its predominant use of traditional prints costume.

Most chapters in the series were released at a month's interval, and the entire film series screened at a span of over ten months. [7]

Release

Official trailer for the first Chapter in the series was released on 15 April 2011. The first installment in the series premiered on 21 April 2011 and the concluding chapter was released on 25 May 2012. [8] [9] A complete DVD set, containing all ten films in the series was released in December 2012. [10] Adams Apples is available for streaming on Demand Africa Archived 2019-08-30 at the Wayback Machine .

Critical reception

Each film in the series was generally positively received. Nollywood Reinvented, in its review of the film's final installment, praised everything about the film and commented: "Shirley was successful in making this movie ‘more than a conqueror’. The fascinating thing about the Adams Apples movies is the wide range of topics it touches on (if not fully addresses). Conquering love in the face of age differences... how to deal with competitive love... the ability to discern lust from love, a quest for adventure and a lean towards reality... dealing with the mistakes of the past. Above all, realizing the importance of family and trusting God to work things out". [11] Victor Olatoye of Nollywood Critics, in his review of chapter 1 to 3 of the film, commended the character development, gave a 3.5 out of 4 stars and concluded: "If you are looking for a good movie that can make you feel a little happier, smarter, sexier, funnier, more excited and yet full of wahala if that's what you want, then Adams Apples it is. Go ahead and take a pluck, sink your teeth in them, but just know there will be troubles". [12] Circumspecte in its overview of the film series comments: "I'll employ one word to describe Shirley Frimpong Manso's latest film, Adams Apples - delightful. And it is, in every sense of the word. From the script, to the characters, to the picture quality, the music, costume, promotion, everything really, was tastefully done". [13]

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  4. ↑ Aiki, Damilare (20 February 2013). "Joselyn Dumas, Majid Michel, Shirley Frimpong-Manso, John Dumelo & Deborah Vanessa at the "Adams Apple" Season 2 Premiere in Ghana - Photos". Bella Naija. bellanaija.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "African Prints re-defined in Shirley's ADAMS APPLES". Lora Words. 12 April 2011. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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  7. ↑ "Ghana's 10-part movie, Adam's Apple, hits big screen". Gbooza.com. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Adams Apples: Finally it all ends here". ModernGhana.com. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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  12. ↑ Olatoye, Victor. "Movie Archives". Nollywood Critics. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Film Review/Alert: Adams Apples (Shirley Frimpong's Latest)". Circumspecte. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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