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Reeling

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After a life-altering accident, Ryan returns home for a birthday luau and uncovers the secret of when things took a tragic turn.

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Wilson Chapman IndieWire 03/12/2025
B
At its best, Yana Alliata’s sharp feature finds a balance between both serenity and stress, effectively placing the audience in the mind of its confused audience surrogate. Go to Full Review Rod Machen Austin Chronicle 03/12/2025
Reeling will make audiences feel the good vibes of a proper O‘ahu luau while also delivering the weight of life-changing actions that can’t be undone. Go to Full Review Matthew St. Clair Cinematic Words of a Chaotic Gemini (Substack) 04/10/2025
B-
Ryan Wuestewald is the guiding force of a thriller about messy family ties that left me wanting a bit more but is powerful enough. Go to Full Review Valerie Kalfrin AWFJ.org 03/27/2025
a sympathetic depiction of someone dealing with a traumatic brain injury and the discomfort his disability causes those around him Go to Full Review Murjani Rawls Substream Magazine 03/24/2025
The film is an effective, albeit scary, exercise in which those who love you the most treat you like an alien due to a situation beyond your control. Go to Full Review Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness 03/20/2025
3/5
Using a mixture of improvised and scripted approaches, "Reeling" is a tense family drama in which what was right and what is wrong collide against a backdrop of civility. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Yana Alliata

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Yana Alliata

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Ryan Wuestewald

Ryan Brown

Hans Christopher

John Brown

Nikki DeParis

Meg Brown

Makena Miller

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Movie Info

Synopsis After a life-altering accident, Ryan returns home for a birthday luau and uncovers the secret of when things took a tragic turn.
Director
Yana Alliata, Yana Alliata
Producer
Jack Forbes
Screenwriter
Yana Alliata, Amy Miner, Yana Alliata
Distributor
The Future of Film is Female / Tribeca Films
Production Co
Prima Generazione
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 18, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 7, 2026
Runtime
1h 16m