Hibiscus & Ruthless 2018 123movies

Watch: Hibiscus & Ruthless 2018 123movies, Full Movie Online – “No Going Out and No Boyfriends” – Hibiscus’ obedience towards her Mum’s rules is put to the test in her final year of University. As guys start to impress Hibiscus, she asks her childhood friend Ruth, to help keep her focused..
Plot: Hibiscus (Suivai Pilisipi Autagavaia, from short film Manurewa) and the take no nonsense Ruth (Anna-Maree Thomas) have been friends since school. But now Hibiscus is in her final year of university, and her domineering mother doesn’t want any boyfriends getting in the way; so Hibiscus enlists Ruth’s help, to handle the temptations of a line of potential suitors.
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	5.7/10 Votes: 168
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Light-hearted and Passably Enjoyable
“Hibiscus & Ruthless” will be no Academy Award nominee, it’s true. It understandably is full of Kiwi & Pacific Islander humor and accents, which can often be quite dry and tongue-in-cheek. Sometimes this comes over as “wooden” to Americans, though outstanding actor and director Taika Waititi is known for similar one-liners, in his still upwardly mobile distinquished career.

Hibiscus, one of the main characters, her family, and most supporting characters are indigenous Pacific Islanders, and this is basically a “slice of life” story about her and a young female friend who have very different personalities, growing into young womanhood. There’s the contrast between Hibicus’s mother’s strict traditional rules and a good and dutiful daughter who naturally just wants to have some fun, too. There’s a good bit of comedy, some romance, and a few interesting scenes featuring Islander life, colorful dances and performances. I rated it a 6 for those particular elements.

It’s not a waste of time by any means. It’s light-hearted, passably enjoyable if you’re not looking for Twilight level angst and drama, superheroes or guns blazing. Spamming 1 star reviews, boosting/reducing and copy/pasting comments of “this is a dumb and forgettable” film is unfortunately widespread these days, and they should be taken with a grain of salt.

A funny and moving film and a great watch.
Hibiscus and Ruthless is a funny and at times emotional story of 2 girls, friends from school, growing up with very different expectations placed on them. Hibiscus is the daughter of a strict and seemingly cold Samoan mum and the granddaughter of a warmer, more motherly Samoan grandmother. Ruth (Ruthless) is the daughter of palagi divorced parents, who has lots of freedom but looks for some of Hibiscus’s boundaries by spending most of her time at her house. As they enter University Hibiscus’ mum gives her even stricter rules leading to Hibiscus asking Ruthless to help her stick to them but inevItably leads to her rebelling. This film is a funny but also moving story set in New Zealand through a Pacifica lens with strong female leads. A great watch.

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Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 37 min (97 min)
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Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Comedy
Director Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Writer Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Actors Suivai Autagavaia, Anna-Maree Thomas, Lafitaga Mafaufau
Country New Zealand
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