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Boy
- 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.
Trailer...
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