Finding ʻOhana

"Home is where ʻohana is."

2021 2h 3m EN

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 460

AdventureActionComedyFamily

Synopsis

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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.

“Home is where ʻohana is.”

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Cast

Alex Aiono
Ioane
Kea Peahu
Pili
X Mayo
Melody
Kyndra Sanchez
Yoli Greenberg
Lindsay Watson
Hana
Owen Vaccaro
Casper
Kelly Hu
Leilani
Branscombe Richmond
Kimo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jude Weng
Writers: Christina Strain
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jude Weng, shot by Cort Fey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Alex Aiono and Kea Peahu and X Mayo carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Home is where ʻohana is.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10332588 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jude Weng directs. Cort Fey behind the camera. Priscilla Nedd-Friendly cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Released 5 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
3Directed by Jude Weng, shot by Cort Fey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Alex Aiono and Kea Peahu and X Mayo carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Home is where ʻohana is.".
7IMDB entry: tt10332588 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Cort Fey
Editing: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Production design: Nigel Phelps
Costume design: Lisa Lovaas
VFX supervisor: Jay Cooper
Runtime: 123 min · 2h 3m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Finding ʻOhana (2021)

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Kamurai2021-02-07
★ 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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