Netflix says aloha to Emma Stone and Bradley Cooper’s rom-com flop in September

Flop of the romantic comedy Aloha is looking for a second chance at success on Netflix in September. Cameron Crowe has directed (and written) some notable romantic films, such as Say anything…, Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous, but his latest film (which came out nearly a decade ago) is nothing short of a weird disaster. It’s rare that a film can boast such an absurd cast (Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride, and Alec Baldwin) and fail with critics and audiences alike.

In the case of AlohaThere was even some controversy surrounding the casting. In particular, Emma Stone’s character, Captain Allison Ng. Ng is one-quarter Hawaiian and one-quarter Chinese, and Stone is neither. While the film goes to great lengths to explain why the character bears no resemblance to her ethnic background, Stone has previously mentioned that the casting may have been inaccurate. According to Crowe, the character was based on a real-life red-headed Hawaiian woman in a 2015 interview with The Guardian. But Stone’s casting in Alohawhich will be released on Netflix on September 1st, is just one of the film’s many problems.

What happened to Aloha?

Aloha is a film that seems to exist without much purpose. Given the setting, it’s more than pleasant to watch, but it doesn’t have any characters you enjoy spending time with. Furthermore, the problems of a difficult production are evident in the film’s inconsistent editing, which leads to some confusing decisions, such as a scene where Cooper and Stone’s characters climb a mountain and suddenly find themselves at the top without a cut.

The film’s biggest problem for many, however, is its overly sweet story, which pushes the sugar content to the extreme and makes it difficult for some moviegoers to stomach. The film’s lack of sympathy for the main character, as well as too many of those overly bizarre and illogical moments – such as a completely silent “conversation” between the aforementioned main character and Krasinski’s character – made the film a problem. However, this hasn’t stopped many messy films from becoming streaming hits, and Aloha could be the next to find a second life on Netflix.