Aloha

Name: Aloha
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: May 29, 2015
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Bill Murray, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, John Krasinski

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Aloha

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 29, 2015

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Bill Murray, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, John Krasinski, Rachel McAdams

Summary: A celebrated military contractor (Bradley Cooper) returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs – the US Space program in Honolulu, Hawaii – and reconnects with a long-ago love (Rachel McAdams) while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog (Emma Stone) assigned to him.

Director: Cameron Crowe

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 105 min

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Chicago Sun-Times - Richard Roeper

May 28, 2015

There ARE times when Aloha doesn’t work — and yet I’m recommending it for its sometimes loony sense of wonder, its trippy spirituality, its brilliant cast and because I seem to be a sap for even the Cameron Crowe movies almost nobody else likes. Read full review

The A.V. Club - A.A. Dowd

May 28, 2015

Perhaps the energy Crowe could have expended on shaping believable characters went instead to the cultural context. Read full review

Portland Oregonian - Jeff Baker

May 28, 2015

What's really offensive, to Hawaiians and mainlanders alike, is that after more than 50 years Hollywood can't make a better Hawaii movie than Elvis did. At least he could sing. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Sheri Linden

May 28, 2015

With the screenplay’s strained whimsy and pathos, not to mention its unpersuasive, at times incoherent musings on the politics of space exploration, Crowe squanders the star power at hand. Read full review

Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

May 28, 2015

All three sides of the love triangle are appealing, and the movie as a whole might have been winning if it weren’t for the absurdist style that was clearly dear to the filmmaker’s heart. Sometimes Aloha reminded me of John Huston’s cheerfully unfathomable “Beat the Devil.” More often than not, though, it left me yearning for simplicity and sweet clarity. Read full review

Boston Globe - Ty Burr

May 28, 2015

Aloha is as generic as its title. The islands exist solely as an exotic backdrop for the pretty Hollywood haoles to play in. Business as usual, and I never thought I’d say that about a Cameron Crowe movie. Read full review

Washington Post - Ann Hornaday

May 28, 2015

Somewhere on the incoherent pu pu platter that is Cameron Crowe’s Aloha, a nifty romantic comedy congeals and shrivels, inexplicably untouched. Read full review

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Elite_Flibble

May 29, 2015

Aloha feels like a breath of fresh air onto the big screen. Unlike many reviews say, this movie is not at all terrible but at the same time not the best movie of the year. The overall storytelling is good and the plot is a little clichéd but it is still entertaining throughout.
Aloha is notAloha feels like a breath of fresh air onto the big screen. Unlike many reviews say, this movie is not at all terrible but at the same time not the best movie of the year. The overall storytelling is good and the plot is a little clichéd but it is still entertaining throughout.
Aloha is not exactly Almost Famous but the five year production and cast make this a fantastic movie by Crowe. The top-billed cast is overflowing with talent. Cooper again embarks on a fascinating role but isn't executed as well as American Sniper and certainly isn't Oscar worthy. His chemistry with Stone is unusual but works very well. Stone brings an adorable charm to this movie which makes the movie flow with colour and enthusiam. In conclusion, worth a watch but don't enter this movie with very low expectations.… Expand

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FIF

Jun 15, 2015

Its a Cameron Crowe movie, whats not to like?! Always a breath of fresh air in the days of over the top cheeseball action, oscar wannabes and lifeless rom coms!

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Movi3R3vi3wer

Jun 2, 2015

I think it's a vastly underrated film, Aloha is a very entertaining, sweet and breezy fun rom com. Does this movie have issues? Absolutelty is does! The editing is off and there's an event that takes place within the third act that felt forced but in a summer filled with big popcorn moviesI think it's a vastly underrated film, Aloha is a very entertaining, sweet and breezy fun rom com. Does this movie have issues? Absolutelty is does! The editing is off and there's an event that takes place within the third act that felt forced but in a summer filled with big popcorn movies it's good to get a small treat brought to us by the great Cameron Crowe.… Expand

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beingryanjude

Sep 21, 2015

Despite ample potential from writer/director/producer Cameron Crowe and a formidable cast, Aloha is largely unfocused and continually falls flat. The Hawaiian themes, insights and heritage are fascinating, but they are minuscule in comparison to numerous other pointless storylines.

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JLuis_001

Sep 7, 2017

Under the strictest eyes this is not a disposable movie because its attempt is to be a feel good movie and under those precepts it is, but taking into account its director and its cast this movie is a real disappointment.
Cameron Crowe seems to have lost his compass and returns with a filmUnder the strictest eyes this is not a disposable movie because its attempt is to be a feel good movie and under those precepts it is, but taking into account its director and its cast this movie is a real disappointment.
Cameron Crowe seems to have lost his compass and returns with a film that does not have any distinction or style to define it or make it memorable.… Expand

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ydnar4

Aug 9, 2015

Aloha is directed by Cameron Crowe and stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams as well as other stars like Bill Murray, Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin in the supporting cast. In this film Brian Gilcrest (Cooper), a military contractor returns to Hawaii, a place where aAloha is directed by Cameron Crowe and stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams as well as other stars like Bill Murray, Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin in the supporting cast. In this film Brian Gilcrest (Cooper), a military contractor returns to Hawaii, a place where a significant amount of his life occurred. There he meets an ex-girlfriend (McAdams) who he begins to reconnect with and he begins to fall for a young Air Force captain (Stone) who was chosen to watch over him. There are also a lot a sub-plots that take away from this overall story, there is also a blessing and another story about rockets being launched. Cameron Crowe has done a great job in the past with blending romantic comedy with other genres. With Jerry Maguire it was sports and with Almost Famous it was music and with Aloha he appears to want to do so with the military. Sadly this film fails to impress and it is a fairly disappointing effort from an excellent cast and director. Every romantic comedy needs a likeable couple that the audience can love and Aloha does not have that. Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone are two huge Hollywood stars that are at the peak of their career but it is apparent from the outset that these two actors do not have the chemistry that it takes. The story also doesn’t really give the pair time to get acquainted with each other and the romance is spawned out of the blue. Emma Stone is a really hyperactive character to the point that she doesn’t even feel believable at times and it seems like there is no spark between the two. In the beginning of the film Bradley Cooper’s character dislikes Emma Stone’s character and nothing really significant happens to change that before the romance begins. Rachel McAdams only seems to be in this movie in order to create a love triangle and even that is weak. I’m not going to say that any of these actors gave a bad performance its just that they weren’t meant to work together. Aloha is also clogged with a bunch of other stories involving Bradley Cooper’s job and I just didn’t care about it. There is no flow at all from scene to scence and the film is moving from stupid story to stupid story and none of the scenes appear to have much relation. The sub-plot about the rockets is just so ridiculous and uninteresting that Bill Murray couldn’t even save it. Bill Murray is painfully underused in this movie as well and the trailers sold him a wise man who appeared to have a significant impact on Cooper’s personal life and that just doesn’t happen and I was really disappointed about that. Then to top it all off the movie isn’t even funny, I did not laugh at all. Aloha was a major let down and this flow hit hard for me because I am such a huge fan of Almost Famous it is one of my favorite films. I still have confidence that Cameron Crowe can still revolutionize films and I will be checking out his next film. I think he just bit off way more than he could chew in this movie.… Expand

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Parith

Jun 9, 2015

A thin gruel for people that don't want to feel or think. The movie's goal is to be a distraction from life but not to engross, to escape other thoughts and feelings but not to introduce any new ones, something to kill time with as you watch the plastic characters go through the motions ofA thin gruel for people that don't want to feel or think. The movie's goal is to be a distraction from life but not to engross, to escape other thoughts and feelings but not to introduce any new ones, something to kill time with as you watch the plastic characters go through the motions of the soulless soap opera like plot.… Expand

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