We should be happy movies such as this one are still made. Maybe expectations were a little high but Taika Waititi going back to his roots gives us a sweet little movie about the 'other' Samoa: a small politically disenfranchised American protectorate with only 50.000 inhabitants. Wikipedia has it that Samoans are typically friendly and warm people and it is obvious Waititi wants to get that across.
It takes some time to get going, occasionally it feels there is something missing, the culture clash between the battered European/American soccer coach and the religious zen mentality of the islanders doesn't totally pan out, but whatever. I came out of the cinema quite relaxed, thinking about the contrast with the bombastic trailers that were programmed before it.
It takes some time to get going, occasionally it feels there is something missing, the culture clash between the battered European/American soccer coach and the religious zen mentality of the islanders doesn't totally pan out, but whatever. I came out of the cinema quite relaxed, thinking about the contrast with the bombastic trailers that were programmed before it.
