The Legend of Johnny Lingo
by Steven Ramirez
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Actor: Alvin Fitisemanu, George Henare, Joe Folau, Kayte Ferguson, Rawiri ParateneDirector: Steven Ramirez
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Allen Guilford
Producer: Brad Pelo
Producer: Gerald R. Molen
Producer: John Garbett
Writer: John Garbett
Producer: Tim Coddington
Writer: Riwia Brown
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1 EX; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
Published: 2004-05-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-11
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Legend of Johnny Lingo
Movie Review: Makes a heart happy
Summary: 5 Stars
Film critic, Pete Croatto, wrote: "There's no adventure or fun anywhere in Johnny Lingo, which is odd because this is kid friendly fare...There are no truly funny, scary, or heroic characters and no memorable visuals." No heroic characters?!! Crazy talk. Young boy made a promise and kept it years later. Sounds pretty heroic to me. (This is a fine example of why I do not trust film critics. Nothing more than one person's opinion rendered through a narrow scope of one's own personal taste. Better to have a composite view from many different opinions to weed out the foolishness.)
Not every movie (even "kid-friendly") needs CGI gimmicks, sexed up women, idiotic quips, or bogeymen jumping out of bushes to capture interest and hold attention. With reviewer opinions like Croatto's, it's no wonder studios now make movies devoid of emotional inspiration, have flat characters, and droll storylines. Movies today are made for drooling buffoons with short attention spans. If a car doesn't go boom or someone doesn't get shot within the first 15 seconds, the movie is a failure. So when faced with a movie like Johnny Lingo--one that is based around characters and real emotions not booming parlor tricks--like a monkey with a computer, most don't know what to make of it. They shake it. When it doesn't make noise, they lose interest and throw it against the wall then lumber off.
The cover shot and title are misleading in marketing the movie. The crux of Johnny Lingo is about love and commitment, which may be beyond the depth of most youngster these days. There's no real "legend" to speak of; that is a misnomer. No swashbuckling journey or legendary adventure. The legend angle was nonexistent and had no meaningful part in story. If you are expecting to see a movie about a frolicking Polynesian "Peter Pan", you'll be disappointed.
The story is the thing in Johnny Lingo. A tale of two outcasts finding life in each other. Good old-fashioned love story. No extraneous effects are required to tell it.
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