Skip to main content

Sundance 2025: all the latest movie reviews and updates from the festival

See all Stories

A
Youtube
The Legend of Ochi.

A gorgeous adventure in the mold of E.T., the movie has a lot of promise but is missing the spark to truly stand out. It takes place in an isolated mountain community, where ape-like creatures called ochi are hunted by farmers trying to keep their livestock safe. But when a young girl (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby ochi, she sets off on a quest to return it to its family. The creature design is incredible, and there’s a lot of mystery to the post-apocalyptic seeming world. Ultimately, though, Ochi is a charming-yet-fairly-standard family-friendly adventure. (It hits theaters on April 25th.)

Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.