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Chaperone

Play trailer Poster for Chaperone 2025,  1h 45m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Set in Hilo and featuring an entirely AANHPI cast, Chaperone follows Misha, an unambitious 29-year-old woman who finds a dangerous acceptance in a bright 18-year-old athlete who mistakes her for a fellow high school student.

Critics Reviews

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org Jan 22, 2024
Chaperone is not an easy watch and it does not shy away from the often uncomfortable ethical terrain its storyline demands it explore, but it is also thoughtful and humane. Go to Full Review
Kristy Strouse Film Inquiry Jan 15, 2026
Zoe Eisenberg’s assured directorial debut swims in moral ambiguity, but it’s equally concerned with loneliness, inertia, and the quiet despair that can settle in when life feels suspended. Go to Full Review
Simon Foster Screen-Space (Substack) Sep 13, 2025
4/5
Akaha’s warm, engaging performance is the perfect foil for Misha’s darker, damaged personality, and all the more tragic for the impact it has on the innocents around her. Go to Full Review
Sankeerthna Vedamtam MovieJawn Sep 11, 2025
The joy in the end is debating the moral ambiguities, and Chaperone provides opportunities for that in spades. Go to Full Review
Zach Youngs InSession Film Sep 10, 2025
B
Chaperone is like a long cringe at a situation, but as it goes on you realize that that cringe is because we think that’s how we’re supposed to react. Eisenberg...give us a more nuanced approach that’s worthy of contemplation, discussion, and praise. Go to Full Review
Stephen Saito Moveable Fest Oct 6, 2024
“Chaperone” feels uniquely contemporary when it captures mid-twenties malaise so acutely, but also knows when to lean into a tried-and-true formula for entertainment’s sake when a couple might be right for one another in every way except for their age. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Zoe Eisenberg

Director

Mitzi Akaha

Actor

Laird Akeo

Actor

Kanoa Goo

Actor

Jessica Jade Andres

Actor

Krista Alvarez

Actor

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Chaperone

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Movie Info

Synopsis Set in Hilo and featuring an entirely AANHPI cast, Chaperone follows Misha, an unambitious 29-year-old woman who finds a dangerous acceptance in a bright 18-year-old athlete who mistakes her for a fellow high school student.
Director
Zoe Eisenberg
Producer
Alison Week, Devin Parnell Murphy
Screenwriter
Zoe Eisenberg
Distributor
Filmhub
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 11, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 3, 2025
Runtime
1h 45m
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