overall, an ok b movie if you're a fan of the series. once you get past sidney toler's bad yellowface and worse dialogue, charlie chan in honolulu is nowhere near as cringey as you'd think. oh, it it's still cringey, but he's the only one doing it. asian-americans play chan's family and honolulu locals. victor sen yung plays his son, jimmy chan, as a goofball andy hardy-type who wants to be a detective like his "pop."
the comic father-son tension…