Funke Ayotunde Akindele Network (FAAN) Behind the Scenes
Directed by Funke Akindele · 2025
Behind the Scenes (2025) has a 68% Celluloid Score — our average across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
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Is Behind the Scenes worth watching?
Yes — Behind the Scenes earns a 68% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
Audiences turned this into Nollywood's fastest-ever film to cross a billion naira, but critics have been split, praising Scarlet Gomez and Tobi Bakre's performances while faulting the film for glossy, sitcom-style staging, an early telegraphed twist, and heavy-handed moralizing.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Audiences (84%) responded more warmly than critics (58%).
What is Behind the Scenes about?
Aderonke Faniran, a prosperous real estate entrepreneur known for bankrolling everyone around her, starts to suspect that her generosity isn't being returned in kind by the family and friends who depend on it. As old resentments and hidden agendas surface, she's forced to work out who in her life is genuine and who has just been using her.
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