It stars Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo and Nadia Buari, introducing Abiola Segun Williams.

[5][6] Uche Jombo had to lose a significant amount of weight to play the role of Hope in the film;[1] She had to go on a diet and practically "starve" herself.

During the course filming, she was made to sleep for only about 2 hours a day, so she can have a natural pale appearance, some little makeup effects were added on her as well.

Jombo stepped out on some red carpet events before the film was officially announced which sparked rumours about her and her health status.

[12][13] Nollywood Reinvented gave a 52% rating, praised Uche Jombo's performance, the film's soundtrack and commented: "For the most part, it [Holding Hope] was made up of motifs that we had seen before.

There were very obvious signs of potentially great cinematography within this movie, but I couldn’t understand why suddenly the color and hue would just change when it wasn’t a flashback, dream or anything of the sort, the voices were also out of sync a lot.

[13] NollywoodForever.Com gave 84% rating, praised the cinematography and concluded: "I was taken on an emotional roller coaster ride from feeling anger at the way that Olumide was treating his wife, to sadness for her and then happy when the relationship was back on track.

I loved Uche and Desmond acting alongside each other, there is a nice easy comfortable chemistry that translates perfectly on screen".