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      I Was a Simple Man

      Released Nov 19, 2021 1 hr. 40 min. Drama TRAILER for I Was a Simple Man: Trailer 1 List
      89% 27 Reviews Tomatometer 78% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score I Was A Simple Man is a ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i. Revealed in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past. Incorporating familial history and mythology, dream logic and surrealism, I Was a Simple Man is a time-shifting, kaleidoscopic story of a fractured family facing the death of their patriarch that will take us from the high-rises of contemporary Honolulu to pre-WWII pastorals of O'ahu and, finally, into the beyond. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jan 03 Buy Now

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      I Was a Simple Man tells a simple story whose deceptively straightforward approach yields richly melancholic rewards.

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      nohealani How wonderful. Very touching, true, heartfelt. Proud of Yama👏👏🙏🏼 Mahalo Ke Akua for hearing your calling. Mahalo nunui loa for kākoʻo Kanaka maoli a pau loa creativity. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/24/21 Full Review dave d Christopher Makoto Yogi's film isn't for everyone. It has a subtle elegance, and explores loss and death in a meticulous way. It's scored beautifully and the Hawaiian scenery is unmatched, but there is a lot for the viewer to decipher and often the spoken words are so low and sometimes indistinguishable. Young viewers will likely be lost, but the patient older watcher will be rewarded with an emotional experience. While the actors elevate the film, the script just wasn't where it needed to be. Seeing the same character at different ages in the same scene does take some getting used to. I found myself rewinding a few times just so I wasn't totally lost. A more positive than not mixed bag! Final Score: 6.5/10 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times A stirring, melancholic portrait of an ailing, elderly patriarch grappling with his encroaching mortality. Dec 3, 2021 Full Review Roxana Hadadi RogerEbert.com A 100-minute spell of beauty and melancholy, intimate and grand in equal measure. Rated: 3.5/4 Nov 19, 2021 Full Review Wes Greene Slant Magazine The film's quietly uncanny narrative wondrously depicts not only a dying man's reflection on his life, but also the very nature of Hawaii itself. Nov 15, 2021 Full Review Nuha Hassan The UnderSCENE I Was A Simple Man is layered and reveals a lot more as the movie progresses, and there is so much to unpack. Jul 20, 2023 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine Two features in, Yogi’s still expanding his emotional and stylistic range for something that’s more often hypnotic than clumsy. Nov 28, 2022 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Yogi turns something personal into a uniquely ethereal look at mortality, repression, and reckoning with the sins of your past. But it’s the perspective that’s distinct. Yogi tells the bulk of his story through the mind of a dying man. Rated: 4/5 Aug 17, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis I Was A Simple Man is a ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i. Revealed in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past. Incorporating familial history and mythology, dream logic and surrealism, I Was a Simple Man is a time-shifting, kaleidoscopic story of a fractured family facing the death of their patriarch that will take us from the high-rises of contemporary Honolulu to pre-WWII pastorals of O'ahu and, finally, into the beyond.
      Director
      Christopher Makoto Yogi
      Executive Producer
      Ricardo S. Galindez, Eric Nyari, Roy Tjioe, Ken Whitney
      Screenwriter
      Christopher Makoto Yogi
      Distributor
      Strand Releasing
      Production Co
      Flies Collective, Simple Man, Island Film Group
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 19, 2021, Limited
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $13.6K
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)
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