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Hula Girls
Directed by
Lee Sang-il
2006
2h
Comedy
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7.0
56%
82%
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Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
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Cast of Hula Girls
Yu Aoi
Kimiko Tanikawa
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Madoka Hirayama
Etsushi Toyokawa
Yojiro Tanikawa
Shizuyo Yamasaki
Sayuri Kumano
Shoko Ikezu
Hatsuko Sasaki
Eri Tokunaga
Sanae Kimura
Hiroki Miyake
Mitsuo Igari
Susumu Terajima
Ishida
Masaru Shiga
Goro Kumano
Katsumi Takahashi
Seiji Kimura
Ittoku Kishibe
Norio Yoshimoto
Sumiko Fuji
Chiyo Tanikawa
Ami Ikenaga
Junko Soma
Natsuhi Ueno
Hiroko Miyata
Hiroshi Okochi
Union Leader for Miners
Daikichi Sugawara
Koji Wakamatsu
Hidekazu Mashima
Toru
Kanami Tagawa
Sumie Muto
Tomori Abe
Yoneko Tsutaya
Hula Girls Reviews
Filmcritic.com
Don Willmott
There's nothing new in this very formulaic let's-put-on-a-show drama.
New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
Hula Girls is the latest entry in a durable subgenre about marginalized eccentrics who learn a new skill and become better, stronger people.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Stamets
Slick cinematography makes this bland social comedy always watchable, but the movie has its insipid moments.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
An irresistible Japanese import, Hula Girls is a crowd-pleaser so comfortable with its own clich (C)s that it goes down smoother than a mai tai on Maui.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Director Lee Sang-il employs every possible clich as he shamelessly tries to manipulate viewers' emotions.
Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
Steadfast tradition and encroaching progress lock horns in the surprisingly cheerful Hula Girls.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
While he's coasting through on his story, [Lee] concentrates on giving his movie a great big heart. Either that, or this tired old tale simply sounds better in Japanese.
Entertainment Insiders
Janos Gereben
An eminently likeable, well-made film.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
U.S. audiences may find themselves impatient with the leisurely way Lee -- a Japanese director of Korean descent -- lets the tale unfold.
Murphy's Movie Reviews
Ted Murphy
While the outline of the film's plot is fairly standard and predictable, director Lee Sang-il and his co-screenwriter Daisuke Habara have concocted enough obstacles ... to keep the audience's interest. When the film reaches its climax ... it arrives there
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
The dance floor is soon covered with syrupy melodrama.
Village Voice
Aaron Hillis
It's all warm, well-shot, instantly forgettable, and familiar to a fault.
Variety
Richard Kuipers
Loaded with underdog heroics and bursting with youthful enthusiasm, Hula Girls may be utterly predictable but it sure is a lot of fun.
Film Journal International
Frank Lovece
Where the filmmakers fall flat, aside from undistinguished direction and truly poor lighting and cinematography, is in making the characters such cardboard ciphers.
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