Mighty Oak (film)

Mighty Oak is a 2020 American comedy-drama musical film directed by Sean McNamara.

Plot
A young guitarist, reminiscent of a late vocalist, joins a musical band which leads to theories of reincarnation.

Cast

 * Janel Parrish as Gina Jackson
 * Alexa PenaVega as Valerie Scoggins
 * Carlos PenaVega as Pedro
 * Raven-Symoné as Taylor Lazlo
 * Levi Dylan as Vaughn Jackson
 * Tommy Ragen as Oak Scoggins
 * Ben Milliken as Darby
 * Rodney Hicks as Dwayne Biggs

Production
Most of the film was shot in Ocean Beach and other parts of San Diego.

Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 55% based on 20 reviews and an average rating of 6/10.

Philip Martin of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette gave it an 80 out of 100, stating "It's sunny and wistful; something to go see if that's what you need right now."

Nick Allen at RogerEbert.com scored it a 1.5 out of 4 and said "This premise would excel far better, and go much deeper with its targeted themes, in something like a dark comedy; that Mighty Oak embraces this delusion with no sarcasm and a lot of wish fulfillment is at the very least worrisome."