6. Aloha
Honestly, there’s not even that much to say about this one. This is the film equivalent of checking into the wrong Hawaiian hotel, with a bunch of pretty people screaming in the room next door. It’s such a shame that former Rom-Com master Cameron Crowe couldn’t pull anything special out here, especially in such a culturally rich setting. Instead he concocts a confusing, cold, and utterly predictable film. The charms of mega-talents Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone (playing a half Asian woman) somehow don’t even help. Both characters are so oddly written that they’re borderline hard to watch, with any chemistry essentially evaporating from the theater in a cloud of smoke.
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