A babbling rom-com that wastes a strong cast and picturesque setting, Aloha is the worst effort crafted yet by the usually assured hands of Cameron Crowe.

How can it be possible that the man who wrote Jerry Maguire & Almost Famous deliver a screenplay as incomprehensible as that found in Aloha? While words are indeed flying out of the mouths of actors, just as quickly do they fall limp to the ground with the resounding thud resulting in a "what?" from viewers.

Crowe's writing has always been his strength. It's what draws big name actors to his films, and in turn sees them deliver great turns.

Aloha has those actors. There is Bradley Cooper who stars as Brian, a military contractor who returns to his once home of Hawaii to strike a landmark deal with the US Space program on behalf of billionaire Carson Welch (Bill Murray).

The whole plot element is confusing distraction, never properly explained nor worth caring about. The real story comes in the form of a love triangle between Brian, his ex-girlfriend Tracy (Rachel McAdams) and his Air Force liaison Allison (Emma Stone), who reminds us repeatedly that she is quarter Hawaiian. 

The trio are aesthetically pleasing and do bring some chemistry to their scenes, yet too often they are let down by Crowe's now patented proclamations on love & life that all of his characters in all of his films state to one another, yet in Aloha just doesn't transfer to us in the real world. When Tom Cruise said "you complete me" in Jerry Maguire, it was done with a sincerity that grounded its over the top romanticism.

Aloha lacks the discipline & the weight to make us believe that the love it has on display has any stakes attached to it. Instead it features a whole lot of blathering from the mouths of actors who deserve better material. As the classic Extreme song said, sometimes it takes "more than words."