Finding ʻOhana

Finding ʻOhana

29/1/2021 2h 3m 6.3/10

Overview

Two Brooklyn siblings' summer in a rural Oahu town takes an exciting turn when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an adventure, leading them to reconnect with their Hawaiian heritage.

Director

Jude Weng

Top Billed Cast

Owen Vaccaro

Owen Vaccaro

Casper

Alex Aiono

Alex Aiono

Ioane

Kyndra Sanchez

Kyndra Sanchez

Yoli Greenberg

Kea Peahu

Kea Peahu

Pili

X Mayo

X Mayo

Melody

Lindsay Watson

Lindsay Watson

Hana

Reviews

Kamurai

Kamurai

2/7/2021

6/10

Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. This is the closest movie I think I've ever seen to "Goonies", but definitely at a lower level of interest / quality. It is good to see more Hawaiian / Polynesian culture in movies, even if this feels like it is more of a setting than a real immersive delve, but maybe that will be more palatable exposure for audicenes. The "super natural" aspects of movie are probably the only real "problem", but clearly its part of the point of the movie. It weirdly makes the movie into a paranormal type of a movie, which (to me, at least), makes it feels almost as a slight to the Hawaiian culture that it embodies. I imagine its about the same as the movie having angels, but it feels more like Egyptian mummies. But maybe we should be taking mummies more seriously, who knows. Great little family watch. There might be more exciting things, but if you've got an urge to watch movies like "Goonies", give this a shot.

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