Aloha with Love

These are the most fake Hawaiians I ever seen in the movie. They could at least hire some Hawaiian people to play some of these roads to make it authentic. No accidents on any of these people and supposedly there from the island. They hardly look like they belong on the island and the white guy didn't look like a surfer at all. So far I would say this has the worst acting I've seen in the while. The plot was very cliche. I think the only good thing about the movie was the location in Hawaii. The end of the movie was very predictive and even then they couldn't put together a good script for a good ending. It almost felt like it was too low budget and the only thing that they could actually afford was the filming location in Hawaii. I couldn't keep watching I got distracted pretty easy as the movie was pretty boring.

This movie was shot almost totally in Maui and the cinematography takes good advantage of the beautiful scenery there. It is a story of a 30-something architect from Hawaii working as a junior partner in her Los Angeles firm. She feels that L. A. is home now and has a boyfriend of four years.

Then something happens, her mother had died some years earlier and now presently aunt Lani, who she was very close to, has died suddenly. This brings her back to Maui, but only long enough for the funeral and family visits.

The kink is the will, aunt Lani gave her beautiful ocean-side property and dilapidated home to the two sisters, nieces of hers, with instructions to restore the home before they decide to either live in it or sell it. She also specified that the contractor would be someone who had been an old boyfriend of the niece.

So all that sets up a number of things, new issues arise, they have to decide whether to sell the property or not. This is actually a very nice movie with attractive actors and a good message about appreciating relationships more than business opportunities.

My wife and I watched it at home, streaming on Prime.

This movie delivers exactly what it's meant to deliver: a light relaxing movie that makes you feel happy and doesn't require you to think much about heavy life matters. It's easy to watch and has a fun island vibe throughout. The storyline is not anything groundbreaking but I don't think that these easy-watch movies are supposed to be.

I like the acting, nothing about the characters and acting performances really bothers me. I love that this movie highlights the Hawaiian culture and features many Native Americans, not just because it's the latest angle in the name of diversity, but because it just fits.

The movie very much focuses on celebrating culture and family in an authentic way. It's refreshing to see a Hallmark movie that really celebrates Pacific Islander culture in a light and approachable way and includes the cast, language, and scenery to match.

Cliched plot, bad dialog, questionable direction... Trevor Donovan always gives a reliable performance, the rest of the cast are ok. There are better rom-coms to watch or re-watch a favorite one.

A simple, too familiar story of young career lady front to fails and a significant loss. And a legacy , high school boyfriend , a seductive proposition with some moral dilemmas.

The pretty country guy and his help , their relation and some presumed sparkles.

In essence, a film to see only for actors - indeed, Trevor Donovan is good presence for a Hallmark ( not ignoring his pectorals ) enough , in my case, for ignore or be very indulgent about holes or quality of story.

Muai is inspired location, the relation between her and him is decent crafted but it is real difficult to discover a crumb of chemistry between them. Or more than kind of improvisation in construction of story.

Good points - Branscombe Richmond, the house and the table.

So, sounds fair to define Aloha with Love as a pretty nice film. Can you real expect more ?