Aloha with Love

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.

Tiffany smith is the worst poorest actress ever. Her horrible performance in crying and drama scenes are awful. The sister Sarah Ashley Rodriguez another horrible actress along with Kralani Warner. Please take an acting class and if not stop being in movies. Waste of my time. In addition the boyfriend was also a bad actor who kept looking elsewhere. Nervous much. All in all the only good actors were the father and the contractor. Above all though it was Tiffany who is the Main character that just made the movie unbearable to finish. Does she even know how to cry on scene...let me answer NO! She doesn't and the drama scene are the worst.

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.

Love the movie. Love Trevor Donavan. I have never seen the lady before. She did good with Trevor as her co star. A lot of the actors were new. I'm going to be honest I only watched it because Trevor was in it. It's not a show I will watch again like I do others.

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 ?