There are gunshots, flames, and Ochi hurling through the trees. It’s a breathtaking way to open a film, and immediately makes ...

They are not real in an organic sense, but the beings in “The Legend of Ochi” are tangible entities, sophisticated puppets ...

Going practical in "The Legend of Ochi" was important to director Isaiah Saxon — and it turned out that was true for A24, too ...

Sundance: Willem Dafoe and Helena Zengel star in a gorgeously crafted debut about a girl trying to reunite a mythical forest ...

The Legend of Ochi, starring Helena Zengel, Willem Dafoe, and Finn Wolfhard, calls back to the likes of E.T., pleasing ...

Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard and Helena Zengel star in Isaiah Saxon's Sundance premiere about a young girl who encounters a ...

The Legend of Ochi” doesn’t have that magical aspect that pulls the audience in with similar films like “Harry Potter” and ...

A child befriending a creature everyone else thinks is too dangerous to befriend is the backbone of many memorable ...

Although its story is a bit thin, The Legend of Ochi is one of the most visually stunning family films in years.

A24 has delayed the release of "The Legend of Ochi" after the filmmaker's house burned down in the Los Angeles wildfires.

The Legend of Ochi opens in theaters April 25. This review is based on a screening at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

A simplistic but affecting fable, The Legend Of Ochi luxuriates in its old-fashioned approach to live-action fantasy ...