Wives on Strike
{{short description| 2016 Nigerian comedy film}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Wives on Strike
| image = Wives on Strike poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Omoni Oboli
| producer = Omoni Oboli
| writer =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2016|04|08}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = Nigeria
| starring = Uche Jombo, Chioma Akpotha, Ufuoma McDermott, and Kehinde Bankole
| language = English, Nigerian Pidgin (Naijá)
| studio =
}}
Wives on Strike is a 2016 Nigerian film produced and directed by Omoni Oboli and starring Uche Jombo, Chioma Akpotha,
Ufuoma McDermott and Kehinde Bankole.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nollywoodreinvented.com/2017/03/wives-on-strike.html|title=Wives on Strike|date=20 March 2017|website=Nollywood Reinvented|access-date=28 November 2021}} As of September 2024, the film ranks as the 46th highest grossing Nigerian film in Nigerian cinemas.
A sequel, Wives on Strike: The Revolution was released in 2018.
In August 2024, Nile Entertainment announced that the third installment of the Wives on Strike franchise, titled Wives on Strike: The Uprising, would open in Nigerian cinemas on October 18th and in theaters across the UK, U.S., Ireland and Canada during the same month.{{Cite web |last=Eti-Inyene |first=Brooks |date=2024-08-14 |title=Nile Entertainment launches film distribution operation with 'Wives on Strike 3' |url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/nile-entertainment-launches-with-wives-on-strike-3/8enwq6y |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Whittock |first=Jesse |date=2024-08-28 |title=Nigeria's Nile Media Entertainment Group Teams With Mo Abudu's EbonyLife & Bags Rights To Nollywood Feature 'Wives On Strike: The Uprising' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/nile-entertainment-ebonylife-nollywood-feature-wives-on-strike-1236070903/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
Synopsis
The film is a satire about a group of market women who deny their husbands sex in a bid to stir them into standing up for a young girl, who was compelled by her father to marry a man against her will. The film was shot in the heat of the #ChildNotBride conversation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/wives-on-strike-omoni-oboli-chioma-chukwuka-uche-jombo-deny-husbands-sex-in-trailer/p5xvxeb|title=Omoni Oboli, Chioma Chukwuka, Uche Jombo deny husbands sex in trailer [watch]|date=26 February 2016|website=Pulse.ng|access-date=28 November 2021|archive-date=17 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217195228/https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/wives-on-strike-omoni-oboli-chioma-chukwuka-uche-jombo-deny-husbands-sex-in-trailer/p5xvxeb|url-status=dead}}
Cast
Reception
= Critical reception =
Irede Abumere for Pulse praised the story and the use of the amusing approach adopted in the screenplay for addressing stern issues.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/pulse-movie-review-wives-on-strike-an-infectious-comedy-addressing-a-bigger-issue-id4885098.html |title="Wives On Strike" - an infectious comedy addressing a bigger issue |last=Abumere |first=Irede |date=April 5, 2016 |website=Pulse |access-date=2018-10-27 |archive-date=2018-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221210400/http://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/pulse-movie-review-wives-on-strike-an-infectious-comedy-addressing-a-bigger-issue-id4885098.html |url-status=dead }} Tush Magazine rated it 4/5, and applauded the imminent message and social issues raised in the film.{{Cite web |url=http://tushmagazine.com.ng/movie-review-wives-on-strike/ |title=Movie Review: Wives On Strike |website=Tushmagazine.com.ng |access-date=2018-10-27 |archive-date=2016-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014222733/http://tushmagazine.com.ng/movie-review-wives-on-strike/ |url-status=dead }}
= Box office =
Upon release, the film was reported to have broken several records at the Nigerian box office.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/wives-strike-makes-n60-million-box-office/ |title=Wives on Strike makes N60 million at box-office |date=May 8, 2016 |website=Vanguarddngr.com |access-date=2018-10-27}}