'All Na Vibes': Taiwo Egunjobi's young-adult drama frustrates more than it excites [Pulse Review]

According to Egunjobi, the movie attempts a neorealist narrative, also known as Italian neorealismo, which was a national cinematic movement distinguished by stories centred on the underprivileged and working class. They are shot on location, usually using amateur performers, and they depict shifts in the human mind as well as conditions found in daily life, such as poverty, oppression, injustice, and desperation.

I have been a follower of Taiwo Egunjobi’s works since 2019, and I have always enjoyed watching what he puts out. His best work, ‘In Ibadan,’ remains my favorite, and while I wanted ‘All Na Vibes’ to take that spot, it rather cemented the fact that a filmmaker cannot always get it right – and that’s okay.

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