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Boy

Country: New Zealand, Language: English, 87 mins

  • Director: Taika Waititi
  • Writer: Taika Waititi
  • Producer: Georgina Allison; Cliff Curtis

CGiii Comment

A boy called Boy is a devout Michael Jackson fan...that's it, really...a bit of bullying, bad parents...yaddie-ya.

The kids are pretty good but become rather grating. The adults are appalling - including the 'starring' director...who should remain firmly behind the camera.


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The(ir) Blurb...

It's 1984. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters. Written by Sundance Film Festival

Cast & Characters

James Rolleston as Boy;
Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu as Rocky;
Taika Waititi as Alamein;
Moerangi Tihore as Dynasty;
Cherilee Martin as Kelly;
RickyLee Waipuka-Russell as Chardonnay;
Haze Reweti as Dallas;
Maakariini Butler as Murray;
Rajvinder Eria as Tane;
Manihera Rangiuaia as Kingi