Haole

2019
1h 12m

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Thirteen-year-old DAVID KEALOHA dreams of escaping rural Hawaii. But when JONAH MORRIS (13), a white kid from Phoenix, Arizona moves into the neighborhood, tragedy strikes, irrevocably chang... Read allThirteen-year-old DAVID KEALOHA dreams of escaping rural Hawaii. But when JONAH MORRIS (13), a white kid from Phoenix, Arizona moves into the neighborhood, tragedy strikes, irrevocably changing the trajectory of David's life and those closest to him.Thirteen-year-old DAVID KEALOHA dreams of escaping rural Hawaii. But when JONAH MORRIS (13), a white kid from Phoenix, Arizona moves into the neighborhood, tragedy strikes, irrevocably changing the trajectory of David's life and those closest to him.

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4.8/10

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Josiah Cerio

Jonah

Sir Cornwell

David

Wil Kahele

Margaret Pearlman

Mom
(as Margaret Jones)

Albert Ueligitone

Thiessen Wright

Director
- James Sereno
Writer
- Chris McKinney
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2imjzus

Missed Chance

I am always excited to see a film about contemporary "local" Hawaiian lifestyle and culture. Haole by just the title is intriguing and even begins to explain the meaning or really how "local" Hawaiians view outsiders. The story has great characters, but doesn't seem to follow through with their development. One of the confusing things to me was the lack of consistency in how each character is portrayed. The ending was kind of like the whole movie in where you're waiting for just a little something more, but left hanging. To me this was a good attempt, but didn't quite do it.

4puna2320

A wasted opportunity

I wanted to like this movie. It had a "real" feeling to it. Real pidgin in the dialogue. Real local actors. Real locales. Real life challenges. Is just too bad the characters had no real redeeming qualitiies. Every character was hewa at one point or another, the hero, the bully, the haole, parents, step parents, store owner, teacher, classmates, the Uncle, even the little girl. For all the Hawaiian words and phrases thrown around and the beautiful scenery, it lacked real cultural sensitivity, a real sense of connection to place and the real kuleana one would feel to act pono.