- Studio: Roadside Attractions
- Release Date: May 14, 2010
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- Summary: This gorgeous, sweeping historical epic tells the story of the final days of Hawaiian independence and how one young princess stood up to the impending takeover of her nation. (Roadside Attractions)
- Director: Marc Forby
- Genre(s): Drama
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A stirring romantic drama centering on the last royal heir to the native line of traditional monarchs.
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60Designed to be both essential history lesson and costume weeper, Princess Kaiulani comes up short on both fronts: Deadly earnest intentions and lack of dramatic gumption ensure that the story of Hawaii’s favored daughter remains under-told.
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50Kilcher is lovely. But sadly, Ka'iulani is a perfunctory biopic of the sort one might encounter on television during Women's History Month.
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38It can’t be easy to turn the story of Hawaii’s last royal into a waxworks parade, but writer-director Marc Forby has pulled it off.
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