good back-story, and good acting

Excellent but underrated film

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I very much enjoyed watching this slow paced movie that with few words conveyed depth for the two characters.

This is one of those films that shouldn't be categorized as a ''gay love'' film. And usually, being categorized is the main reason why the movie was so underminded, by some of the people from the lgbt community who likes to see movies that focus more on human's sexuality and/or sexual/eroticism. Because the movie was being categorized, not many people and/or critics outside of the lgbt community, cares enough to even bother to give this movie a watch. Because this movie is truly beautiful. Remember what I said before ? This movie didn't necessarily focus on sexuality. Yeah it had a few *eye catching* moments here and there, but only to highlight the realistic and ordinary - the life of the two main protagonists, Martin and Eugenio. Yes, this movie focused more on the two characters; their development and history. The further the story lines goes, the more contrary it becomes with the movie's slow paced. Not only the story line being highlighted, but also the out-look and the music in this movie deserves a notice. Scenes with literature meanings, gets you to actually think, not just stare. The music sounds like a silent orchestra, gives you this nostalgic feels, the get-away and the returning to home, adds to the theme of this film. The two things created such hollow and vague atmosphere, that your mind will be lost in it. As for the dialogue, it was also something that feels very close to home. It's intimate, sometimes a little awkward, bringing this movie to life. And each character's dialogue truly highlights their personality *watch to see*, showing the contradiction between the two characters, but only to develop into something touching, sweat and adorable.

I've watched the movie itself. And in my opinion, though it wasn't good, neither bad at all. Noticed that there are scenes, I guess, were there with no apparent reason as it has no conversation at all. The actors were merely looking at each other, viewers could not imagine to what they were thinking or trying to portray and for which that scene was? Aside from the very slow character development, it misses to give more emphasize on the climax of the story. Honestly, I was left hanging. I would recommend it to my friends and I did enjoy it as a whole. I can somewhat relate to the story, if not the film was made in Argentina, I would say that, it's a copycat of my own life story. Honestly, I fell in love with the character of Mateo Chiarino (Martin), very manly and appealing to the story. Hope to see more of Mateo's movies.

I couldn't be happier! Marco Berger touched my heart again with this winning dramatic romance between two timid individuals, unsure of life and love. "Hawaii" makes the perfect addition to the collection of Marco Berger's offerings. Be sure to catch them all. They make a perfect film festival all by themselves."Hawaii" lays out the day to day interactions between Eugenio (played by the unconventionally handsome Manuel Vignau, "Bruno" from "Plan B") and Martín (played by Mateo Chiarino) that build a budding romance neither knows how to address. Tension builds until, finally, a fateful kiss that changes everything. I spent the rest of the movie repeating the mantra "please, please, please, please" for the perfect ending. See if I got my wish...