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Johnny Tsunami

Johnny Tsunami

Family · TV Movie · Drama · 1999

A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.

Movie details

Johnny Tsunami

“The Temperature Is Down But The Surf Is Up!”

1999 Family · TV Movie · Drama 1h 28m

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Steve Boyum

Written by

Ann Austen · Douglas Sloan

Brandon Baker

Brandon Baker

Johnny Kapahaala

Yuji Okumoto

Yuji Okumoto

Pete

Mary Page Keller

Mary Page Keller

Melanie

Lee Thompson Young

Lee Thompson Young

Sam Sterling

Kirsten Storms

Kirsten Storms

Emily

Zachary Bostrom

Zachary Bostrom

Brett

Gregory Itzin

Gregory Itzin

Headmaster Pritchard

Court is in session

Put Johnny Tsunami on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.