The Legend of Ochi, which debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, moves at a slow pace from start to finish, but it builds up to a tense and satisfying ending.

The Legend of Ochi threads the line between a teen movie and a young adult target audience. The themes revolve around the coming-of-age story, but it goes about it in a more grown-up way.

The Legend of Ochi budget was $10 million, with a $1 million creature budget, and after years of development — Baby Ochi prototype development began in 2018 — the results are spectacular.

For a debut, however, that’s not bad, and if you vibe with it, The Legend of Ochi is a pleasant enough way to spend some time. Jun 16, 2025 Full Review John Serba Decider The Legend of Ochi is a ...

The Legend of Ochi budget was $10 million, with a $1 million creature budget, and after years of development — Baby Ochi prototype development began in 2018 — the results are spectacular.

‘The Legend of Ochi’ receives 7.5 out of 10 stars. Opening in theaters on April 25th, ‘The Legend of Ochi’ invites you into a world of creatures, heroes, an ages-old conflict and a ...

To be fari, The Legend of Ochi is a love-it-or-hate-it affair, and some may see its display of gross, sweaty, moist, tousled, smelly-looking, warts-and-all practical visual effects as endearing in ...

Before landing on the small ape of “The Legend of Ochi,” Saxon first considered a giant oaf and then something closer to the slumbering beast of Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro ...

The Legend of Ochi transports viewers to the fictional island of Carpathia, where humans are at odds with native creatures known as the Ochi.With their wide eyes, massive ears, and blue-and-gold ...

The Legend of Ochi is not streaming on Netflix and likely will not be on Netflix in the U.S. any time soon, due to the fact that the film is an A24 release, and the 2023 deal between A24 and ...

THE LEGEND OF OCHI is an oddball film, with one foot in the real and one in myth, and packed with symbolism but grounded in human feelings and relationships. It is visually stunning, due to location ...

Writer and director Isaiah Saxon spent years developing “The Legend of Ochi” to be a fantasy adventure that looks and feels like it could take place in one last undiscovered corner of the ...