Vai fingerprintStriking style, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Hopeful and wondrous
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Serious throughout
Growing up, everyday modern life, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Vai is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Hopeful and wondrous
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's hopeful and wondrous. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Growing up, everyday modern life, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around growing up, everyday modern life, and family. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
8 Stories • One Lifetime
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Vai is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Peacock Premium+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, and Plex. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 70/100 (IMDb 7.2 and Rotten Tomatoes 100%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
1 h 30 min
Vai runs 1 h 30 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Vai higher (100) than audiences (86). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English, with some Fijian, Māori, Samoan, Tongan. Produced in New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Samoa, Niue.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Vai in 6 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
7.2
