An amazingly bad
Pineapple Soap Opera. The actors aren't to blame but the writing and supporting
cast are simply awful. James Darren and George Chakiris are supposed to be Hawaiian. Mimieux and Heston are supposed to be brother and sister. And Heston is
supposed to be head over heels in love with supposedly "Chinese"
France Nguyen. Note: even if
she wasn't "Chinese" I found it hard to believe a Hawaiian
millionaire who looks like Chuck Heston couldn't do better than France Nguyen.
But then maybe Rich millionaire Pineapple growers are easy to please. The
scenery was good to look at, but it couldn't overcome the silly "Not with
my My Sister you don't" racial subplot and the ham-fisted "Wow, white racism sure is bad"
message which the movie constantly pushed.
Summary: Rated only a 5.7 at IMDB - I'd rate the script even lower. And too bad they couldn't have
gotten some real Hawaiian actors to play the roles. Heston doesn't say much
about the movie in his Biography, but I assume he did it for the money, the
Hawaiian shoot, and a chance to make an anti-racist movie. Rating *
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